96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7855, 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 13,034 George Washington Darryl Hicks v. Skystone-Eagle Lambert City of Santa Monica, and Bob Grant

98 F.3d 1181 96 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7855 , 96 Daily Journal D.A.R. 13,034 George WASHINGTON; Darryl Hicks, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Skystone-Eagle LAMBERT; City of Santa Monica, Defendants-Appellants, and Bob Grant, Defendant. No. 94-56685. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 6, 1996. Decided Oct. 28, 1996. Jeanette Schactner, Deputy City Attorney, Santa Monica, CA, for defendants-appellants. David D. Lawrence, Franscell, Strickland, Roberts & Lawrence, Pasadena, CA, for amicus curiae City of Chino, Chief of Police Richard Sill, et al. Martin J. Mayer, Mayer, Coble & Palmer, Long Beach, California, for amicus curiae Americans for Effective Law Enforcement, et al. Mary F. Gibbons, Tappan, NY, for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Harry L. Hupp, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-92-1884 HLH. Before: REINHARDT, KOZINSKI, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 "The security of one's privacy against arbitrary intrusion by the police--which is at the core of the Fourth Amendment--is basic to a free society." 2 Wolf v. Colorado, 338 U.S. 25, 27 , 69…