In a meeting today of a local Airborne Law Enforcement Services (ABLE) group, Newport Beach Police Chief John Klein asked officials to explore ways to raise public awareness about the danger common laser devices pose to pilots.
Helicopter and airplane pilots across the nation have reported an increase in the number of laser strikes. Here in Orange County, authorities recently arrested at least three people for pointing lasers into the cockpits of police helicopters and commercial jets. If cau
During closing arguments today, the lawyer for a Newport Beach Police Department sergeant who claims he was denied a promotion to lieutenant because of rumors that he's a homosexual described the department's managers as "a bunch of gossipy men" willing to lie under oath about their anti-gay sentiment and determination to promote employees loyal to them rather than "the truth.""They weren't going to give [Sgt. Neil Harvey] the position because he wasn't quite the manly man they were," John Girar
At 10:05 this morning in the lawsuit brought by Newport Beach Police Sgt. Neil Harvey against his department and the city, the clerk entered and said, "We have a verdict." All of the parties were present, including Police Chief John Klein (pictured) and Harvey. The 27-year veteran claimed he was repeatedly
blocked for promotion because of false rumors spread among fellow cops
that he is gay.The jury of seven women and five men entered courtroom. Several of them shot glances--neutral ones, it see
