LOS ANGELES POLICE v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES

Docket No. B077854.

35 Cal.App.4th 1535 (1995)

42 Cal. Rptr.2d 23

LOS ANGELES POLICE PROTECTIVE LEAGUE et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. CITY OF LOS ANGELES et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

June 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James K. Hahn, City Attorney, Frederick N. Merkin and Leslie E. Brown, Assistant City Attorneys, for Defendants and Appellants.

Gregory G. Petersen and Larry J. Roberts for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

BOREN, P.J.

State law protects public safety officers from being compelled to submit to polygraph examinations against their will. (Gov. Code. § 3307.)1 We conclude that a city police department may require a polygraph examination for officers who voluntarily seek to be promoted or transferred into a few specialized divisions where the work is unusually sensitive and requires the highest level...

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