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.
Children can no longer find respite from their abusers during school hours or time spent elsewhere
Can a uniformed officer remain silent and go about a duty that is repugnant to the Constitution?
Identifying and diverting ‘super-utilizers’ saves on resources, reduces jail overcrowding
A decade ago, Jose Hernandez got a DUI in Richmond. He cut a deal with police to dismiss his case if he worked as an informant
Reeves must remain at home except to go to church, the doctor’s office or the grocery store, and must surrender firearms
Adrian Perryman was found not guilty of aggravated assault of a public servant for a 2010 shooting that took place inside his home
About 25 additional officers have joined a class-action lawsuit for back overtime pay from the Hampton Police Division, bringing the total to 130 officers
Five Calif. men sued the Obama administration Thursday over an information-sharing program designed to help flag potential terrorist activity
Prosecutors who spent months investigating the shooting of Miriam Carey said that officers from the Secret Service and the Capitol Police did not use excessive force
In the wake of the attack, the Dodgers and LA police made a series of moves, including adding more patrols and undercover officers wearing rival team jerseys
A Virginia teenager is fighting efforts by police who want to take photos of him in a sexually aroused state to try to prove a sexting case against him
Twenty months after voters legalized recreational cannabis for adults over 21, Washington state’s first few licensed pot shops opened for business Tuesday
The federal government can’t be blamed for any fallout from a 2011 FBI report that put a gang tag on fans of the music group
A Texas hospital and its emergency room physicians have reached a $1.1M settlement with a New Mexico woman who sued them and U.S. customs officials
Officer shot and killed a 13-year-old boy carrying a pellet gun he mistook for an assault rifle
A fuss over an officer’s vanity plate has blown up into a constitutional debate that could lead to the Indiana General Assembly deciding whether to rewrite the law or stop selling personalized license plates altogether
Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie said Cliven Bundy crossed the line when he allowed states’ rights supporters onto his property to aim guns at police
As officials across the country grapple with how to prevent mass killings, some are turning to a gun seizure law pioneered in Conn. 15 years ago
Federal jury decided unanimously that the BART officer who shot Oscar Grant III in 2009 owed no compensation to Grant’s father
12-year-old boy opened fire in a middle school gym earlier this year
Department of Justice says seven Colombians have been extradited to the United States to face charges related to the 2013 stabbing death of a U.S. drug agent
The former SWAT team member thought his potentially deadly cancer was the worst of his problems — until he got a termination letter
Judge overturned officer’s conviction of plotting to kidnap, kill and eat young women
A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a Mexican teenager killed by a Border Patrol agent was protected by the U.S. Constitution, even though he was on Mexican soil
The facts — the officers’ interpretation of the facts at the scene — are what should be used as the guiding principles and points when reviewing an application of force
When Francesca Quaranta told her fellow police officers in 2012 that she was transgender, she said it began a long and harsh career decline that included discrimination and harassment
Lawsuit filed Friday says the more than 40 officers dispatched to handle James Boyd had “no meaningful control” of the standoff
On Friday, man waited for lawyer to arrive at his office and shot him at least four times, killing him in front of several witnesses and at least one police officer
The warrants aimed to gather evidence against police and fire retirees allegedly coached to claim they were too psychologically devastated to work
The search incident to arrest doctrine was first recognized by the Supreme Court exactly 100 years ago in Weeks v. United States
Officers are being briefed during roll calls, new procedures are in place, and prosecutors are considering the effect on potentially thousands of pending court cases
The cap prevents police or fire unions that settle contract disputes in arbitration from winning raises of more than 2 percent
Prosecutors said the action taken controlled the juvenile and was not done with malicious intent
