Police Law
With more than 20 years experience defending law enforcement, Sturgill Turner attorneys bring the skills and knowledge needed to represent police departments and officers facing legal issues. Sturgill Turner’s Government and Municipal Law group is distinctively credentialed to defend the expanding area of lawsuits filed against police departments and officers, such as malicious prosecution, illegal search and seizure, false arrest and excessive force. Charley Cole has litigated Kentucky’s Police Officer Bill of Rights all the way to the Kentucky Supreme Court.
POLICE OFFICER LIABILITY
Sturgill Turner has more than 40 years’ collective experience representing the law enforcement community at trial and on appeal. Our attorneys have successfully represented police personnel and/or police departments against claims under investigation, brought to jury trial, and on appeal.
INVESTIGATIONS
With their comprehensive knowledge of police policies and procedures, Sturgill Turner attorneys are well-equipped to conduct independent investigations within police departments, including employment and departmental investigations.
DEPARTMENT POLICIES & PROCEDURES
Sturgill Turner has extensive experience representing cities in the process of disciplining or terminating police officers and firefighters, including special expertise in Kentucky’s Police Officer Bill of Rights. We provide legal consultation regarding agencies’ day-to-day operations as well as assist in internal affairs investigations.
Training and Seminars: Our attorneys are recognized for providing training and seminars to law enforcement groups regarding civil liability, police officer discipline, discrimination, harassment and other current issues affecting law enforcement.
IMMUNITY
Our strong understanding of the various complex immunities available to public entities has contributed to our successes arguing and advancing the concepts of sovereign immunity, governmental immunity, and qualified official immunity applicable to governmental and quasi-governmental entities and their officials and officers.
