Terrence P. Dwyer, Esq.

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• The special relationship exception and liability

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  The presence of officers at a scene where two EMS workers interacted with a patient who subsequently died necessitates a discussion about the special relationship exception to municipal liability

• Pre-seizure conduct in use of force cases

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  This is a complicated area of law that deserves greater treatment in training curricula

• SCOTUS year in review: Miranda warnings, malicious prosecutions and civil rights claims

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  There were several noteworthy cases from the past term pertaining to law enforcement officer liability for alleged constitutional violations

• Analyzing the stop and frisk: 3 areas where police practice falters

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  The continuing validity and constitutionality of stop and frisk depends on lawful execution of the practice

• What can law enforcement expect from Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson?

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  Justice Jackson's district court opinions and orders provide an example of her jurisprudential work related to law enforcement

• Falsified facts by any other name are still false

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  Police officers can’t risk getting caught up in either politics or misguided social experiments

• SCOTUS year in review: Decisions on qualified immunity and Fourth Amendment seizures

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  In 2021 the Supreme Court affirmed long-standing truisms that protect the home and that qualified immunity review is not a shield against unconstitutional conduct

• The high cost and toll of sexual harassment and gender discrimination in law enforcement: Part 2

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  There are four big mistakes that seem to be endemic to any sexual harassment, sexual assault, or gender discrimination case

• The high cost and toll of sexual harassment and gender discrimination in law enforcement: Part 1

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  A review of media-reported cases involving sexual harassment of female police officers by male officers from 2000-2019

• First Amendment associative rights and LE employment

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  Case law provides public employers with precedent to dismiss employees whose personal associations are deemed antagonistic to the employer’s mission and integrity

• Public employee speech and consequence of unlawful action

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  When does a public employee’s First Amendment rights give way to an employer’s right to suspend or terminate the employee?

• SCOTUS year in review: Decisions on vehicle stops and qualified immunity

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  While the 2019 U.S. Supreme Court term was a quiet year for police-related cases, Justice Clarence Thomas continued to express concern with qualified immunity

• What can law enforcement expect from Justice Amy Coney Barrett?

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  Justice Barrett is protective of privacy rights and has authored two 7th Circuit opinions wherein she held for the defendant in search and seizure cases

• SCOTUS takes a commonsense approach to reasonable suspicion

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  At issue was a motor vehicle stop by a deputy sheriff based on a license plate check showing the registered owner’s driver’s license was revoked

• SCOTUS year in review: 5 cases impacting law enforcement

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  Excessive force, warrantless blood draws and civil asset forfeiture were some of the issues SCOTUS addressed in 2019

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