Ken Wallentine

Full list of Ken Wallentine results

• Opening car door invalidates stop and leads to suppression

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  Opening the door and entering the vehicle exposes more of the vehicle to view and impermissibly intrudes on the driver’s privacy expectation

• Give yourself and your loved ones a gift this holiday

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  If you can’t be home on the holiday, do your best to carve out another day where your family gets 100% of you

• Preventable false arrest defeats qualified immunity

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  Officers are frequently cautioned to slow down in approaching dangerous situations. Pause, take a moment to think when there is discretionary time

• Body cavity search ruled reasonable based on CI credibility

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  The trial court ruled there may not have been probable cause, but if there was not, the good faith exception applied to save the search

• Second shot after clearing weapon leads to liability

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  This case might present a good training scenario to reinforce the task of assessing the existence of an immediate threat

• Too close for safety: Qualified immunity granted within zone of imminent danger

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  Where discretionary time and tactical circumstances permit, giving a warning before using force is essential

• 'Grossly disproportionate force' precludes qualified immunity

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  This case reminds officers to slow down, step back and consider alternatives, and not let anyone push your buttons

• Welfare check results in officer stabbed and suspect shot

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  The suspect's mother sued the officers and the department, arguing the officers precipitated the force by their approach to the welfare check

• Struggle in car leads to deadly officer-involved shooting

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  Court decisions have held it is reasonable for officers to use deadly force to end a pursuit if a suspect engages in dangerous prior conduct or there is objective evidence of the driver’s intent to harm officers

• Justifying a no-knock entry

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  A court’s opinion recites critical factors for officers who request and serve a no-knock warrant

• Smile, you're on candid smoke detector

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  The court concluded officers had lawfully used a hidden camera to record what they could have seen from the publicly accessible hallway

• Qualified immunity for bizarre stop leading to roadside shooting

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  The court bypassed the issue of whether the stop was a legitimate welfare check

• Responding to changes in law enforcement

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  It is our job, our oath, our promise to police a diverse society with equity

• Air freshener leads to gun arrest

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  An officer’s objectively reasonable mistake of law can provide reasonable suspicion for a seizure

• No qualified immunity for shooting prone suspect in the back

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  "By shooting an incapacitated, injured person who was not moving, and who was laying on his knife, the police officers crossed a ‘bright line’ and can be held liable."

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