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 concluded officers had lawfully used a hidden camera to record what they could have seen from the publicly accessible hallway
This case demonstrates what the Supreme Court envisioned when creating the qualified immunity defense
The court bypassed the issue of whether the stop was a legitimate welfare check
Matthew Apperson was charged on Friday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and firing a missile into an occupied conveyance
A gag order typically prevents attorneys and witnesses from publicly commenting on or releasing information about a particular case
Family of a man who killed himself after a shootout has sued the city of Albuquerque, its PD and two officers, claiming police unnecessarily escalated the standoff
Federal jury has cleared six former officers in a corruption case that prompted scores of convictions to be overturned
Two judges on a federal appeals panel seemed unlikely to reinstate a guilty verdict against a former officer who became dubbed the “cannibal cop”
Jury ruled Monday that Starbucks was not negligent in a case in which a cop was severely burned when hot coffee spilled in his lap
In a letter to the Baltimore City Solicitor’s Office attached to Friday’s motion, attorneys for the officers threatened to sue the city, Mosby and the Baltimore Sheriff’s Department
The girl, who was 17 at the time, went on a crime spree with her older boyfriend that left one cop dead and another wounded
Investigation of party involving rookie Port Authority of NY and NJ cops unconstitutionally relied on searches of their private cellphones, union claims
Would create a task force to determine what sort of equipment is suitable for police and what should be prohibited
Police don’t have to disclose license plate records that advocacy groups sought to gauge how high-tech surveillance was being used
Made comments before reprimanding a state trooper who posed for a picture with the rapper
One cop has challenged police and a top prosecutor to produce a knife that prompted the arrest, arguing in a court motion that it is an illegal weapon
Dorian Johnson contends in his lawsuit filed last week that Officer Darren Wilson initiated the confrontation that ended in Brown’s Aug. 9 death
Claims the incident caused such severe stress it activated his Crohn’s disease which resulted in surgery to remove part of his intestine
Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced criminal charges Friday against all six officers suspended after a man suffered a fatal spinal injury
He contends that he is being targeted in retaliation for a complaint he filed earlier against a fellow peace officer that did not sit well with superiors
State’s attorney’s office will review the information, consider charges and decide how to move forward in the death of Gray
The family accuses the city and the Police Department of excessive force, assault and battery, wrongful death and constitutional violations
Fleeing from police is not, by itself, illegal in America, but courts have set a different standard for places where street crime is common
Wagner said Sgt. Matt Nickey, the ranking officer at the scene, reasonably believed he needed to shoot Leipold to prevent others from being hurt or killed
31-year-old Michael Brelo is charged with two counts of voluntary manslaughter
Sgt. Gerald Jonsgaard identified James Holmes as the man he found on the ground in the theater parking lot wearing a helmet and body armor
Gripping testimony made clear the state’s determination to make sure jurors know the carnage Holmes caused inside the suburban Denver theater
Attorneys Robert Lynn Pruett, 35, had several appeals before the justices hours before he was scheduled to be executed
No matter how much cops enjoy what they do for a living, certain aspects of the job can be understandably tiresome
Michael Sollitt Kinney was pursued in July 2013 for driving erratically — at one point nearly slamming into an oncoming vehicle before crashing
Research fellow David Berman said the upcoming election represents the most likely possibility yet that the sheriff could get voted out of office
The department’s acknowledgement came at a news conference after a week of intense scrutiny
Chris Lawrence offers the following about the misconceptions surrounding in-custody deaths and injuries to law enforcement trainers