Arrests and Sentencing
Fourth Amendment rights are no less impacted by emerging technologies, but standard legal understandings of what information will now be considered private versus public is undergoing new consideration
Some of the most important U.S. Supreme Court cases for law enforcement are either misunderstood or entirely unknown by the average American citizen
The JusticeXchange database follows millions of records and the progress of other cases in more than 30 states
Both officers are expected to survive
The suspects, who are alleged gang members, targeted Officer Fernando Arroyos because of two silver chains around his neck
Police officers can’t risk getting caught up in either politics or misguided social experiments
“We’re going to bring some people to justice on that one,” said L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva
Deciding whether or when to unhandcuff a detained person can be a tricky matter
“The message this policy sends to police officers providing vital services in this city is that, in Manhattan, there is an unwillingness to protect those who are carrying out their duties.”
They want an “across-the-board reduction in incarceration without necessarily a reasonable consideration of victims’ rights and the seriousness of some of these offenses,” said DA Michele Hanisee
Eighth Circuit affirms police detention including handcuffing and pointing guns at suspects
A task force established after the shooting of Breonna Taylor has come forward with its review
The arrests concluded a yearlong investigation into robberies that targeted Asian women
Police also seized nearly $300,000 in cash and over 100 firearms
The reported assault prompted a massive investigation that included some two dozen officers and 3,000 staff hours
However, none of the suspects remain in custody, police said
The quick-thinking officer improvised when he realized he didn’t have the proper equipment to make the arrest
The court rules on a warrantless seizure of a man’s firearms after he was taken for a mental health evaluation
“The fact he didn’t step on the brakes: That was intentional. The fact that his foot was on the gas: That was intentional. He could have stopped.”
The “mosaic theory” will certainly become a more common argument advanced by defendants as police expand the use of technology in gathering evidence
“Bomb detonation in two, in two minutes. I take you with me and I kill all you,” he yelled during a livestream
The officer feared his partner was in danger of being run over, the report said
Is the threshold of a storage unit within curtilage under the Fourth Amendment? The court decides in this recent case
A recent case follows the events of a traffic stop in which police were demanding identification from a subject who refused
The court rules on an officer’s warrantless search of the subject’s vehicle during the course of a traffic stop
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said that putting barriers between officers and sealed records would be a “serious setback for public safety”
Officer William Jeffrey had served with the Houston Police Department since 1990
Under the new policy, agents can only knock under certain circumstances with few exceptions
Officer Michael Rokaitis spent 12 days in the ICU after a search turned violent
The Fifth Circuit weighs the factors for determining whether a consent to a search of a suspect’s laptop was voluntary
An electronic tool allows investigators to check balances and freeze prepaid debit cards of potential criminal funds while still out in the field
William Darby, a former Huntsville officer, testified that he had shot an armed, suicidal man in self defense
Will the alleged handcuff injury be ruled excessive force? The court of appeals remanded the case to the trial court to find out
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