Do You Have a Department Photography Policy?

Do you have a policy regarding Department Photography? Every day there are thousands of on-duty photos being posted on social media by Fire Services employees. Recently on social media I saw a rainy day photo, posted by a Captain, of a probationary employee sitting at...

Poole Case Decided by Supreme Court

Here in California we have been watching the “Poole” case very closely and just last week the California Supreme Court ruled that evaluation notes, within the specific circumstances of Poole, are NOT a personnel file under the provisions of FBOR and therefore NOT...

Documented Counseling vs Punishment

The most common call I get from clients is an inquiry into a pending misconduct investigation. Interestingly, after I hear the related circumstances about half of these matters result in a counseling memo/evaluation note or a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP), not...
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