Elections
Three legal principles everyone in law enforcement should know and understand
Officers will be expected to balance several priorities, each of which will affect the way democracy plays out on Election Day
Police executives from three cities in states where election results are expected to be close discuss their preparations for November 3
The FBI said Sunday that it’s investigating the fire that damaged dozens of ballots
Commissioner Dermot Shea tweeted that the behavior of the officer was “One hundred percent unacceptable. Period.”
Tucson Police said it will instead have roving officers in the general area of polling locations to respond to any disturbances
Chief of Department Terence Monahan said the NYPD has been holding “refreshers” for officers on crowd control
“When we put on this uniform, we are apolitical,” Chief of Department Terence Monahan said. “We have no stance in one way or another”
The director of a Michigan police chief’s association said there is no legal basis to enforce the Secretary of State’s edict banning open carry at polls on Election Day
Boston’s largest police union pushed back, calling the announcement a “slap in the face” to the city’s officers
Arpaio lost by more than 6,200 votes in the Republican primary for Maricopa County sheriff to his former top aide
From my experience as an agent working on several inaugurals, I know that every conceivable security issue and contingency is discussed and gamed out several months in advance
Mostly, the demonstrations were peaceful
The demonstrations stretched into a third straight night Thursday and came to a head in Portland
Police termed the protest a riot and began making mass arrests
Even the deep-in-the-weeds political analysts are befuddled at the outcome of this election, so it’s no small thing to offer predictions, but let’s give it a shot
While the sheriff never changed, the landscape around him slowly did
There were no immediate arrests
Regardless of the outcome of the election on Tuesday, it’s not difficult to imagine legal proceedings being filed
Popular vote could legalize marijuana in nine more states
Trump and Clinton answered the same 10 questions on issues facing the criminal justice system
She’s determined to push measures that would expand background checks
In the past two and a half decades, we have passed all sorts of measures that benefited the criminal over the law abiding public
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