Legal
The Legal topic page on Police1 is a must-read for any officer, at any agency, who wants to stay up-to-date on the latest news. Every trial, verdict and court decision that has to do with cops will be covered on this page.
Many departments strongly discourage shooting at moving vehicles to disable the car
The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. The defendant claimed his friend was acting as a government agent because he intended to assist the police
Case makes for strange bedfellows, uniting the ACLU with gun groups, albeit for different reasons
The measure would align Missouri law with a 1985 Supreme Court decision
Grand jury declined to indict officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Rice, who was carrying a replica
The pull of such post-police jobs extends well beyond Illinois, such as Washington state and Colorado, where marijuana is legal for everyone over 21
The grand jury making the decision has been meeting since mid-October
The state already allows openly carrying rifles and shotguns, but has banned visible handguns since just after the Civil War
The move comes after Congress recently took $1.2B from the department’s asset forfeiture fund
It will be several years before the full effects of Prop 47 are seen, but 2015 offers a good glimpse into the ramifications
Man who acknowledges killing three people in attack defiantly told judge he would not submit to a mental competency evaluation
Measure adds $25 to price of each gun sold, plus 2 or 5 cents per round of ammo. Officials expect it to raise up to $500K a year to help offset costs of gun violence
If these uniform standards are adopted, applicants will have to meet a number of requirements before they are admitted
Though national opinion is changing, passing more laws in 2016 will depend on politics and the level of public outcry
Jason Van Dyke faces six counts of first-degree murder and one of official misconduct in Laquan McDonald’s death
The department has been portrayed as so dysfunctional that police are perceived to be unaware or negligent of commands
Officer William Porter’s trial was the first test of prosecutors’ case against six officers
The city’s preparations stem from the looting, violence and arson that followed Gray’s death in April
Local law enforcement has refused to comment until The Guardian has finished publishing its series
William Porter faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of all charges
Another officer present said he didn’t fire his own weapon because ‘he didn’t fear for his life’
The man may have been unable to hear police commands because he was listening to music through earbuds
William Porter’s trial is the first in the most high-profile and high-stakes in-custody death case
The defense will begin its case Wednesday morning
Officer William Porter is one of six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray
The Court has said reasonableness does not require perfection, but it does require a plausible satisfaction of Fourth Amendment criteria
The raid severely injured a toddler when a flash grenade detonated in his playpen
The court left in place a lower court ruling that local governments have leeway in deciding how to regulate firearms
Guns and marijuana caused a stir two years ago when the state started its medical cannabis pilot program
Jurors were also shown two cellphone videos of Gray’s arrest
The decision acknowledged that fantasies of violence against women contribute cultural ‘exploitation’ of women
The footage shows the moments after the suspect killed Officer Sonny Kim and his response to responding officers
The officer copied the work of other officers on the scene, which made his official report match theirs
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