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.
The court framed its task as determining not whether officers used best police practices but whether they violated the subject’s rights under the Fourth Amendment
Case reviews nonconsensual police entry into a private residence to arrest an occupant
When does a public employee’s First Amendment rights give way to an employer’s right to suspend or terminate the employee?
New York and Connecticut banned possession of semi-automatic weapons and large-capacity magazines
Opponents argue that the practice has become an overused tactic that violates citizens’ private property rights
From all accounts, Aitkin County Sheriff’s Deputy Steven M. Sandberg was one of the ‘good-hearted’
Officials believe it’s the first time that driverless technology this advanced has been tested on an actual highway
Deputies say man was performing traffic stops when he pulled over a deputy in an unmarked patrol car
At question in the debate over the future of police pensions is how much overtime should affect retirement
The Public Safety Committee chairwoman wants to make the department ‘reflective of the community they serve’
The man called a newsroom to discuss the case and reporters called police after ‘several red flags’
The city’s police union is not on board with the changes, which affect a broad range of departmental procedures
Kevin Davis must lead a city still reeling from protests, riots and violence
Police escorted several KKK members off the campus
A federal judge has agreed to lift a 1997 injunction that prevented the state from taking the plates out of circulation
The agent returned for the gun while sheriff’s office investigated
The federal civil lawsuit branches out from the “stop-and-rob scheme”
The new law streamlines local and state police responses to hit-and-run crashes that result in serious injury or death
Investigators will examine truck routes suspect drove to see if he can be tied to any unsolved slayings
The department released dashcam footage from a 2014 pursuit
The trooper tries to answer who the young woman was found more than four decades ago
The university opposes any legislation that would allow legal carry of concealed weapons inside university buildings
At the time of her disappearance, investigators recovered DNA from the items but did not get a hit from database
North East Multi-Regional Training will be forced to close mid-November if the state doesn’t pay its share of the costs
Charles Ramsey’s 47-year career in law enforcement is coming to an end
Inmate was pronounced dead 18 minutes after lethal injection
The two officers were both shot in the face after they stopped a suspect for riding his bike on the sidewalk
The rapper was was arrested in January 2014 while rushing to his mother’s funeral
The gun shop owners could be held financially responsible for a crime committed with a weapon purchased at their store
It is not clear what the two men were talking about when the conversation escalated or who fired the first shot
Five of the officers provided statements, while the sixth refused to talk
The mayor believes, in light of high-profile incidents, officers do not want to see a news story about themselves
A history of the rising tensions as charges were being drawn up against officers in the Gray case
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