Mike Callahan

Full list of Mike Callahan results

• Federal appellate court approves a split-second police shooting of an armed drug dealer

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  The decision in this case demonstrates the incredible value to American law enforcement of Graham v. Connor

• Ninth Circuit approves use of deadly force upon extremely reckless driver

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  This case demonstrates what the Supreme Court envisioned when creating the qualified immunity defense

• Analysis: What cops need to know about the changes to qualified immunity in Colorado

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  The legislation creates a $25,000 personal liability ceiling for officers found liable for state constitutional violations

• The attack on the police officer’s qualified immunity defense

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  Abolishing this defense will leave officers defenseless against a dramatic increase in excessive force lawsuits

• Eighth Circuit judges fail to comprehend threat rifle-bearing subject poses to police

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  Many federal judges are uninformed regarding the threat posed to officers by persons holding a firearm

• First Circuit expands law enforcement “community caretaking” function exception

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  Court authorizes warrantless entries into homes and seizures of persons and firearms when officers have objectively reasonable belief public safety is in jeopardy

• The constitutionality of blood draws in DWI cases: 3 recent SCOTUS opinions

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  What can we learn from the case of a Utah detective who was fired for mistakenly trying to compel warrantless blood draw? The Supreme Court provides the answers.

• Court rulings: Police leadership liable for failure to supervise, discipline problem personnel

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  The number of past similar complaints lodged against an officer must be seen as a warning to superiors that the officer requires special supervision and remedial training

• The Fourth Circuit speaks: Failure to knock, announce and warn results in negative ruling in police shooting

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  This case focused not only on the significant threat of danger faced by officers at the moment they resort to lethal force, but also on officer conduct directly leading up to the shooting

• When supervision of criminal informants goes south

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  Failure to manage confidential criminal informants can lead to personal and municipal civil liability, and even criminal prosecution of officers

• Failure to train, supervise and discipline LEOs: The Third Circuit speaks

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  Case demonstrates what happens when police supervisors display indifference to their responsibility to train, supervise and discipline subordinate officers

• Tenth Circuit: Officers can be constitutionally liable for creating the need to use lethal force

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  Some federal circuit courts appear ready and willing to rule against officers and their municipalities when deadly force is used quickly in matters involving mentally ill subjects

• The consequences of false statements and deliberate omissions in warrant affidavits

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  Recruit and in-service training on ethical police practice must emphasize the many pitfalls of such conduct

• Eighth Circuit ruling: Multiple TASER use justified to stop violently resisting suspect

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  After a man who viciously attacked his girlfriend died following a violent struggle with three officers, an excessive force lawsuit is brought against the officers

• Eighth circuit: Officer justified in shooting of unarmed suspect in Missouri

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  The court’s ruling recognizes the life-threatening dynamics involved in split-second confrontations between police and aggressive suspects

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