Six areas, one method: get the record, read it closely, and put it in front of the people who have to answer for it.
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A traffic stop on Oleander Avenue, Florence, at night
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A collision at an intersection on Florence Boulevard
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A client meeting in the firm's conference room
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The booking desk at the Hayward County Jail
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A Ventura Highway Patrol stop on the interstate shoulder
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A row of houses in Hayward at dusk
An illustrative case
From the stop to the record
11:42 PM
The stop
A driver is pulled over on Oleander Avenue in Florence. No reason is given. He is cuffed, held on the curb for forty minutes and released without a citation.
11:42 PMStopped on Oleander Avenue, Florence. No reason given
12:22 AMReleased from the curb without a citation
Day 1
The record
He opens a ticket that night. By morning we have requested the bodycam, pulled the MDT entries for the stop and taken a statement from the witness at the gas station across the street.
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Exhibit A
A traffic stop on Oleander Avenue, Florence, at night
Day 1Ticket opened
Day 1Bodycam requested
Day 1MDT entries pulled
Day 1Witness statement taken
Day 2
The claim
The footage shows no lawful basis for the detainment. We file a formal complaint with FCPD and a claim for unlawful detention, with the timestamps attached.
Day 2Complaint filed with FCPD
Day 2Claim for unlawful detention filed
Day 5
The resolution
The department sustains the complaint. The detainment is struck from his record and he is compensated. The officer's name is now on a file of its own.
Day 5Complaint sustained. Detainment struck
Day 5Client compensated
Case file
HLG-2026-0142
Unlawful detention · FCPD
OpenResolved
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Exhibit A
11:42 PMStopped on Oleander Avenue, Florence. No reason given
12:22 AMReleased from the curb without a citation
Day 1Ticket opened
Day 1Bodycam requested
Day 1MDT entries pulled
Day 1Witness statement taken
Day 2Complaint filed with FCPD
Day 2Claim for unlawful detention filed
Day 5Complaint sustained. Detainment struck
Day 5Client compensated
How we work
Three rules we keep
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A client meeting in the firm's conference room
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The record decides
We build every case on footage, logs and statements. Not on who shouts loudest.
02
Every badge answers
FCPD, the Sheriff's Office, VHP or the SBI. The law binds all of them the same way.
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Straight answers
If we can help, we say how. If we cannot, we say so the same day.
Jurisdiction
Where we practice
All of Ventura, under law modeled on California's. Florence and Hayward each have their own police; the highway patrol and the SBI cover both.