Even if a CA city, county or the state ends up “settling” a sworn staff’s “victim’s” claim (or lawsuit) for hundreds of thousands of dollars, the “offending” law enforcement officer(s) typically don’t have any pay deducted unless they have been formally disciplined by their departments and subsequently lose their disciplinary appeal through their own tribunal “kangaroo court” set up for this purpose. (Temporary “administrative leave” is generally WITH pay.)
The exception would be if an officer pleads guilty to or is convicted of a felony and/or a “crime of moral turpitude.”
A citizen who feels they have been wronged in the hands of a sheriff’s deputy or probation officer employed within San Diego County can also take their complaint to the Citizen’s Law Enforcement Review Board, a “peer-review” organization of sorts:
