Failure to Train- Gene Ramirez. Gene is a a former Police Officer and Parnter at his firm. He has worked as a deputy district attorney for the L.A. County District Attorney's Office, where he conducted numerous misdemeanor and felony jury trials, including murder trials. Mr. Ramirez also has worked for the Long Beach Naval Legal Services Office and as a reserve police officer for the Whittier Police Department and the Monterey Park Police Department.

As a supervising member of the police civil liability team, he combines his civil experience with his former law enforcement background. He serves as an advisor to several public entities on the issues of use of force, policies and procedures and on employment issues. Mr. Ramirez has acquired significant expertise on civil liability arising out of the use of police dogs in law enforcement by winning several cases, and has lectured widely on the subject to police departments nationwide. He is General Counsel for the United States Police Canine Association and has authored several articles for the USPCA's "Canine Courier". He was recently retained as a consultant to the United States Secret Service Canine Unit.

Mr. Ramirez has published an article on the topic of police civil liability: Police Misconduct Suits, the Duty to Defend; the Duty to Indemnify and Whether There is a Duty to Provide Separate Counsel under Calif. Government Code 825.

Mr. Ramirez is also experienced in defending SWAT Teams in civil liability cases. He is an instructor on liability issues for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Basic and Advanced SWAT Schools. He is also an instructor for the California Association of Tactical Officers (CATO) and for the National Tactical Officers' Association (NTOA). He lectures on SWAT liability to departments across the country. He was a member of the State Attorney General's Blue Ribbon SWAT Committee and he is currently a member of POST's Executive Advisory Committee for SWAT Teams.

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