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.
Case law provides public employers with precedent to dismiss employees whose personal associations are deemed antagonistic to the employer’s mission and integrity
Although the public has a general right to observe and record police, that right is not unlimited
Consumer drones are becoming more popular and while many are used for recreational purposes, drones can present extreme challenges related to privacy and crime
Authorities have said little about what happened before Freddie Gray was arrested and suffered a severe spinal injury
Laws intended to protect youth from sexual predators have put schools in a Catch-22
More than a dozen New Yorkers have been killed or injured by cars, buses and trucks in the last two weeks
The decision was the outcome of a discrimination lawsuit filed by 12 female officers
The department is conducting its own analysis after a New York Times article criticized policing in the city
Photos and video of the incident quickly spread on social media
The union had pushed for the department to keep the officers’ names out of the media after a shooting indefinitely
Prosecutors have yet to lodge formal charges in court records
The bill, known as Officer Randolph Holder’s Law, was dubbed in honor of slain officer
Plagued by technological problems, the system never solved a single case
The Ferguson neighborhood policing program calls for teams of officers to be assigned to a specific area
The court’s opinion reversed a lower court’s finding that the 2008 law was unconstitutional
The suspect plead guilty to second-degree murder for the death of Officer Jair Cabrera
The suspect’s hand repeatedly disappeared underneath his body as the officer screamed at him to keep them visible
Attorney General rejected arguments that the taxpayer-funded decals improperly mixed religion and government
The first two ended in mistrial
Jurors said they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict on the civil rights charge
In an 18-page letter to the agency, the ex-sheriff also said the deputy had not followed policy for documentation
She’s determined to push measures that would expand background checks
The man claimed to merely be sleeping on store’s roof when he was caught
A growing number of police groups have called for the boycott of the upcoming ‘The Hateful Eight’ release
The woman bought the gun for her boyfriend who used it to shoot and kill Officer Kerrie Orozoco
Of the 1,755 sworn police officers in the department, only 177 are women
The bill would require agencies to adopt written policies for investigating officers after fatal shootings
A 126-year-old court ruling that protects federal officers from state prosecutions for official actions
There have been 85 gun homicides compared with 61 for the same period in 2014
In filing the lawsuit, the plaintiffs pointed to a Chicago Police Department study
That law is currently being challenged in a lawsuit filed by a pair of law enforcement groups
The doll, dressed in a pink outfit with a black hat, sported a creepy red skeletal face
The cop and about eight other officers issued a total of 56 tickets county-wide that day
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