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.
COVID-19 has led to the police finding themselves in the unenviable position of enforcing edicts that restrict basic behaviors and unalienable rights
Public safety leaders must consider the larger policy implications inherent in determining how these new laws and guidance apply to personnel
The officer’s ability to observe, articulate and report each separate factor and tie them together with his experience is what made the difference in this case
Prosecutors will not file criminal charges in the February incident, saying the shooting was an accident and the deputy had no criminal intent
Death prompted a backlash on social media against the LAPD, with some comparing it to the shooting of Michael Brown
Last season, the NFL implemented a new policy forbidding handguns for all but officers and private security working at games
Tamon Robinson died in April 2012 during a police pursuit in Canarsie, Brooklyn
Firefighter punched officer in the face during the struggle, resulting in several broken facial bones
Det. Ernest L. Allen Sr. was killed May 9 when an out-of-control concrete truck barreled downhill and slammed head-on into Allen’s pick-up truck
City has asked a federal appeals court to drop the city’s appeals and lift the stay of a judge’s ruling that its police stop-and-frisk tactic sometimes discriminates
On a tape, the officer says Obama has “decimated” the Constitution and “if he doesn’t follow the Constitution, we don’t have to”
Officer Frank Durante and his partner responded to a domestic disturbance when he bit was twice on the left hand and once on the right hand
Police have asked the city attorney’s office and county prosecutors to explore whether they can legally prohibit civilians from flying drones with cameras over department-owned parking lots
Brian George Fitch Sr. was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the officer’s slaying
A mistrial was declared last year after jurors who were not allowed to consider manslaughter, couldn’t agree on a verdict
U.S. law enforcement can force Microsoft Corp. to turn over emails it stores in Ireland
Judge has rejected efforts by police unions to overturn a ruling concluding that stop-and-frisk tactics are sometimes discriminatory
One of the nation’s largest forces is faced with defending in court a practice that the federal government says illegally discriminates against women
Smart guns deactivate when taken out of verified user’s hands, but gun groups are afraid government would make the guns mandatory
Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez, 16, was in Nogales, Sonora, near the tall, steel fence that divides the United States and Mexico when a Border Patrol agent shot him from Nogales, Arizona in 2012
Prosecutors agreed to drop charges alleging he threw an object out of his SUV and attacked a police dog
The Wis. chief pleaded no contest to a charge that he signed a local tea party leader up on gay dating, pornography and federal health care websites
Prosecutors said Harlem Harold Lewis III executed the veteran officer two years ago as he was trying to pull Lewis out of his car
May be eligible for early release under a cost-cutting proposal adopted Friday that would dramatically reduce the nation’s prison population
Ryon Cumberbatch, 29, faces a charge of second-degree vehicular homicide
The lawsuit claims excessive force, assault, battery and a violation of Pinnock’s due process rights
The stunning remarks by Wayne County Judge James Callahan came as he sentenced Latrez Cummings to six months in jail
Defendant James Holmes had been scheduled go on trial in October, but the judge ordered a delay
A Florida city has paid a $25K settlement to a woman ordered to shake out her bra during a traffic stop
The city of Cleveland has settled a federal lawsuit filed by the estates of two unarmed people killed in a hail of 137 gunshots fired by police
Ten years ago, local lawmakers looked at a high-profile DUI case, listened to law enforcement and said, “Enough is enough”
A judge has entered a preliminary not-guilty plea for the man charged in the killing of a police officer during a shootout
Legislation would have allowed specially trained teachers to carry concealed guns, asserting that the move could jeopardize student safety