A pair of recently-fired Folsom police officers are suing the department in a bid to get to get their jobs back.
The two officers were fired after allegedly having inappropriate contact with college girls during an undercover sting operation in Chico.
Ten-year veteran officer Carl Sigler and Brian Unden, with the department 6 years, claim in the lawsuit that their right to due process under the Government Code and the Police Officers Bill of Rights was violated during the investigation. The suit is asking that some of their testimony be removed from their administrative appeal to get their jobs back.
The officer’s attorney, Sean Howell, told News10, “Both officers deny the underlying conduct in the allegation, as well as the allegation of dishonesty during their interrogation.”
Folsom Police Department spokesman Officer Jason Browning said, “The department stands by its investigation and the actions they took during the course of it.” He added, “(The allegations) were thoroughly investigated and sustained.”
The investigation of the two officers was apparently touched off by complaints made by fellow officers.
A Folsom company that is working on the next generation of fuel cell technology is among the recipients of millions of dollars in federal economic stimulus funds. Jadoo Power president Leonard Devanna said a $1.8 million grant from the Department of Energy will fund a project to build a fuel cell battery-powered generator that can be used at home and by police and fire departments.
IBM Corp. will work with several other businesses, including the recent AMD spinout GlobalFoundries, to create more advanced microchips with smaller features.
The move toward chips with 28-nanometer details is aimed at giant Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC), which is preparing to unveil its own 32-nanometer processors this year.
A nanometer is a billionth of a meter, and a human hair is about 50,000 to 100,000 nanometers across. In semiconductor manufacturing, companies strive to shrink the size of components on their chips, so the smaller the number, the more advanced the technology.
Right now, 45 nanometers is the widespread standard, though Intel is ready to go with its 32-nanometer products this year.
The IBM group says its 28-nanometer chips could be ready for special customers by the second half of 2010. They’d use less power (as much as 20 percent less, according to IBM) and would work better in ever-more-compact mobile devices, extending their battery life.
IBM said the step down from 32-nanometer technology to 28 can be done without expensive redesigns of existing manufacturing processes.
But Intel Corp., which has 5,500 employees at its Folsom campus, said in return that it has been working on reducing the size of details etched on chips in steps, from 45 nanometers down to 32 and then down to 22, a natural progression based on the masks used in the manufacturing process. Intel, based in Santa Clara, said the in-between, 28-nanometer step won’t work properly in processor units.
The Golden 1 Credit Union signed a lease to open a branch in the Prairie City Crossing shopping center in Folsom. The branch will be a 4,400-square foot location in the center at 1840 Prairie City Road.
Golden 1 is the state’s largest credit union and the sixth-largest credit union in the country, with assets of nearly $7 billion and 77 branches in 25 of the state’s counties.
The slow economy isn’t slowing the need for engineers in the electricity industry. The California Independent System Operator Corp out of Folsom, CA. (California ISO) is partnering with local schools in an effort to encourage students to pursue engineering careers. The California ISO is recognizing National Engineers Week by hosting its first Engineering Day at its Folsom campus on February 20. The event targets engineering, math and science-oriented students at Folsom High School and Folsom Lake College. An over 70 students are expected to attend the event, which features tours of the power grid control center and the ISO’s smart grid lab. The idea is to get the students excited about opportunities in engineering.
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