Legal Issues
Twelve brass plates bearing the names of fallen firefighters were chiseled out and stolen from the memorial, department officials say
Dustin Jay Knutson was spotted speeding through a Kalama, Wash. marina in the Portland Fire & Rescue boat
The state’s labor department issued a notice after a department was fined and fire chief suspended for a junior firefighter being burned in training
Attorneys argued that keeping the woman alive would set a dangerous precedent for future cases of pregnant, brain-dead women
They stated that all claims were without merit and the city “is not liable to claimants because it didn’t act intentionally, recklessly or negligently”
The fire chief notified the state Auditor’s Office to investigate claims of commissioners’ wrongdoings
State’s Attorney: “He abused the trust placed in him by the Rescue Squad, and used their scarce resources for his personal gain”
The department, which has been fighting court battles over racial and sexual discrimination for decades, remains a long way from reflecting the city it serves
Gerhard Becker was sentenced to one year in county jail and three years of probation after pleading no contest in the case of a firefighter killed in a 2011 fire at a Hollywood Hills home
At age 20, Brooke Linman was facing firearms, drug and theft charges; instead of jail, she was sent to “Fire camp,” where inmates are trained to fight fires
The judge may sentence Gerhard Becker, 49, to far less than the maximum possible sentence of four years in prison
The truck was not on an emergency run at the time of the accident when the 27-year-old woman was hit
The city’s first female firefighter said she was illegally fired after she set a fire in a bathtub amid a 2006 suicide attempt
An attorney for the 12 families said that the men’s deaths were preventable and the families want to ensure “this type of tragedy does not happen again”
That a California prosecutor considered criminal charges against the S.F. firefighter who ran over and killed a plane-crash passenger has meaning for us all
Judge said he made errors by not allowing testimony during three-day trial in Sept.
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