Legal Opinion
Lybarger v. City of Los Angeles
California Supreme Court
Decided December 31, 1985No. L.A. 32002PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LUCAS, J.
In this case, we construe various provisions of the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act (the act) (Gov. Code, § 3300 et seq.; further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated). Among other issues, we consider whether appellant police officer was properly advised of his constitutional rights prior to an administrative investigation into possible criminal misconduct, and whether he was properly disciplined for failing to cooperate with the investigators. We have concluded that, although an officer who refuses to cooperate in an…
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