California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lanigan v. City of L. A., 132 Cal.Rptr.3d 156, 199 Cal.App.4th 1020 (Cal. App. 2011):
maintaining the efficiency and integrity of the police force with the police officer's interest in receiving fair treatment. [Citation.]" (Mays v. City of Los Angeles, supra, 43 Cal.4th at p. 320, 74 Cal.Rptr.3d 891, 180 P.3d 935.) These rights include limits on and guidelines for investigations and interrogations of public safety officers in connection with disciplinary proceedings ( 3303 ), the right to an administrative appeal and a one-year statute of limitations for investigations ( 3304 ), the right to notification of adverse comments placed in his or her personnel file and the right to comment thereon ( 3305 ), the right to inspection of personnel files ( 3306 ), the right to refuse to submit to a lie detector test ( 3307 ), and the right to the protections of POBRA ( 3309.5, subd. (a) ).
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