 This
Is An Instrument For Self Defense. Not Abuse.
If
you believe that you have been abused by a law enforcement officer, or
subject to false arrest or harassment, you should call Spinella & Associates
to discuss your complaint.
The
primary job of a police officer is to help people, not to arrest them.
Police
officers are like the rest of us. Most are fair and competent, but a small
number are not. Unfortunately, the minority can cause a great deal of
damage to the public they are chartered to protect. You may, in fact,
be entitled to protection and compensation under our nation's civil rights
laws, which appoint private attorneys as public attorneys general to ensure
that the rights of private citizens are not violated by public officials.
Practice
Area -- Police Misconduct & Civil Rights
Spinella & Associates are experienced trial attorneys who have special expertise in
the area of police misconduct and civil rights litigation. Spinella & Associates has brought well over 100 police misconduct cases against various
police departments throughout Connecticut, and are poised to do so whenever
necessary to vindicate abuse of citizens.
They
have won numerous significant jury verdicts, and obtained countless settlements
in cases involving police and municipal misconduct. They are known throughout
the state as having special expertise in such cases, and in fighting especially
hard to vindicate the rights of people who have been the subject of such
misconduct. They make full use of the existing federal civil rights statutes
in pursuing, vindicating and deterring such misconduct.
As
such, criminal attorneys from all over the state, who do not handle police
misconduct cases themselves, refer such claims on a regular basis to Attorneys
Spinella & Associates. Police claims are routinely referred early on since
it is important that experienced police misconduct specialists work hand
in hand with the criminal attorneys on a particular case, so that the
manner in which the criminal case is handled will not jeopardize a successful
outcome in the related subsequent civil case. Moreover, early referral
of police cases frequently help aid in a successful outcome in the criminal
case.
In
addition to bringing police misconduct cases on the part of the plaintiffs
harmed by the police, Spinella & Associates has also represented numerous police
officers in employment and civil rights matters.
Examples
of types of police misconduct cases which Spinella & Associates has brought
on behalf of aggrieved citizens are as follows:
- use
of excessive force
- false
arrest
- unlawful
search and seizure
- jail
suicide
- false
imprisonment
- wrongful
death
- discrimination
- unlawful
strip searches
- favoritism
in towing practices
- denial
of due process
- denial
of free speech and religion
- cruel
and unusual punishment
- violation
of prisoners' rights
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