Scallon v. City of Los Angeles CA2/1
Officer Stephen Scallon (Scallon) is a 25-year Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) veteran with over 18 years’ experience with the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team. On May 24, 2014, Scallon deployed his Taser while attempting to take a potentially suicidal male jumper into custody. That man, Carlos Ocana (Ocana), fell off the parapet ledge of a downtown market and died when he struck the ground below. An administrative adjudication resulted in two counts of misconduct against Scallon for using force and tactics that substantially deviated from approved LAPD training. Scallon also received an official reprimand for his actions. Scallon filed an administrative appeal and the chief of police, Charlie Beck (Chief Beck), sustained the misconduct counts as well as the penalty of an official reprimand. Scallon then sued the City of Los Angeles and Chief Beck, filing a petition for peremptory writ of mandate in superior court. The trial court denied the petition. We affirm th
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