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.
Some officers are being denied their basic constitutional rights, and the ultimate losers will be the citizenry
Not if they act like a peace officer
Abolishing this defense will leave officers defenseless against a dramatic increase in excessive force lawsuits
Says quadcopter that crashed on White House grounds shows that U.S. must update laws to manage expanding frontier of commercial and consumer UAVs
Justice Department, which is defending the two deputy U.S. marshals being sued, says driver was shot only after he struck one of them with his car
80-year-old man was justified in killing a burglar who falsely claimed she was pregnant and asked him not to shoot, LA County DA’s office said
Brown read a lengthy statement before he was sentenced, saying he broke the law to reveal illegal government activity going unpunished
Nine families sued Remington and others in Bridgeport Superior Court in December
Rodella, who was in plain clothes at the time, said Tafoya was a reckless driver whom he was trying to stop in the interest of public safety
The passenger was shot to death when he started to exit the vehicle after officers told him not to move
Prosecuting Attorney McCulloch would’ve been derelict to present the case following grand jury “norms”
The settlement resolves allegations that the Drug Enforcement Administration took photos and other information from Arquiett’s cellphone to create a fake Facebook page
These radar detectors use radio waves to determine if someone is inside a home and whether they are moving
Christeson would have been the 11th man executed in Mo. last year, but the Court put his execution on hold in Oct. while it considered his appeal
Sherry Peters is accused of taking 13-year-old Cheyenne Phillips from her father’s house when she did not have the custodial rights to
The Justice Department has given no indication it is open to any proposal from the defense to spare Tsarnaev’s life
Officer who fired beanbags at a knife-wielding 95-year-old man who later died testified at his trial Thursday that his action was prompted by the fear
Lawmakers are moving quickly with scores of bills ranging from increasing police training to putting tighter limits on using deadly force
The judge in the Jodi Arias case on Wednesday denied a bid by her lawyers to stop prosecutors from seeking the death penalty
Says he shouldn’t be pardoned for attacks on two Asian men
Attorney says his client has had multiple surgeries and has lost enough functionality in his left hand that he can no longer work as a police officer
Officer’s attorney argued that officer did what he was trained to do to subdue a dangerous suspect who was coming at him with a knife
Three-judge panel is reviewing a lawsuit that claims police conducted broad surveillance on Muslim businesses, mosques and schools in New Jersey
Court won’t hear an appeal from Colorado officials who want to make it easier for authorities to take blood samples from suspected drunk drivers without their permission or a warrant
Zimmerman’s bond was set at $5,000 and he was ordered to avoid contact with the woman who he allegedly hit with a wine bottle
Todd William Shultz was shot 17 times outside of a Kmart in December 2012 after failing to drop a table knife and pair of scissors he was wielding
Police training and proper documentation is more important than ever in order to prevent or defend Section 1983 actions
Bolick v. City of East Grand Rapids (MI), is a civil rights action against police, alleging the use of excessive force in the excited delirium death of a mentally ill and highly combative 30-year-old who had been “freaking out” and threatening to kill his father
The Cuyahoga County’s sheriff’s office will take over for the city and continue the probe into the Nov. 22 Cleveland playground shooting of Tamir Rice
The federal lawsuit seeks more than $2 million in damages, and states that Darrien Hunt, 22, wasn’t a threat
The video shows the man lunging at the officer with a hatchet after many commands by the officer to drop the weapon
Judge Fred Moses ordered Thomas to 10 days jail time and to write a letter to her daughters explaining why stealing was wrong
