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 Rollice case is the latest in a series of questionable decisions involving police shootings where lower courts examine officer pre-shooting conduct
Opening the door and entering the vehicle exposes more of the vehicle to view and impermissibly intrudes on the driver’s privacy expectation
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
Public college and university campuses across the country are required by federal law to have a plan in place to deal with massacres
Sheriff Stanley Glanz is named in at least 10 state and federal lawsuits
Civil-liberties advocates called the new law an important advance
Man said he was trying to take pictures of the monument and the wind blew the drone across the street
Officers have been mum about the circumstances that splintered the force
The agency is withdrawing after sheriff was indicted by a grand jury in the volunteer deputy shooting of an unarmed man
Video of the stop was posted on YouTube and got over 150K views
Randall Kerrick will reached a settlement with the city after the jury was deadlocked in trial
The mayor and police commissioner apologized to James Blake but he believes the officer should be fired
Portland Police Association started a campaign intended to put pressure on lawmakers to find funding for hiring officers
Republicans and Democrats have come together to propose major legislation that would reduce prison sentences for some nonviolent drug offenders
The city has a reputation for having some of the strictest gun laws but has experienced an increase in homicides
A prosecutor released the bodycam footage after he determined the officers were justified in their use of force
The officer was helping out an elderly man in the neighborhood
An investigation was launched after a citizen sent police a screenshot of the Facebook post in July
The bills seek to address concerns about police taking cash, vehicles and assets from people not convicted of crimes
Authorities said the student was struck by the officer’s SUV as he lay on an unlit road at 4 a.m.
Two significant laws have passed in recent years that, when combined, will open campuses to concealed carry
National groups want all untested rape kits tested and the results fed into national DNA database
The business said saying it can no longer operate in the city’s political climate of increased gun control regulations
The chief defended the motto as a great spirit-booster for his officers, who agreed on it together
For many in law enforcement, the measure creates a massive new bureaucratic headache that does little to help
Four were convicted in the shootings of six unarmed people at the Danziger bridge a week after Hurricane Katrina
If there was ever a murder case perfectly suited for media and public consumption it was the O.J. Simpson murder trial
A 2012 Supreme Court ruling didn’t specifically address the embedding of GPS devices pre-emptively in objects
The 2009 memo alleged top officials knew Robert Bates was inadequately trained but pressured other officers to look away
Suspect is accused of shooting 44-year-old Trooper Steven Vincent
Lawmakers predicted insurance fraud will drop because it is harder to falsify insurance papers electronically
The department put decals on their patrol vehicles and sparked complaints from the Freedom From Religion Foundation
Investigators rely on DNA technology to make connections between those reported missing and unidentified remains
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