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.
Plaintiffs’ attorneys search for reasons to argue to a judge or jury that it was the officer, not the suspect, who unnecessarily turned the encounter deadly
With 2020 about to commence, Jim and Doug reflect on some of the topics that rose above the rest in the past 12 months
A police sergeant is suing the city, claiming he faced retaliation after reporting that a detective made inappropriate remarks about Whitney Houston’s body at her death scene
A federal court jury has rejected a civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a man who was shot to death by an Anaheim officer in 2012
Kenny Ortiz, 31, was arrested late Thursday on charges of attempted murder of a police officer among other charges
K-9 Officer Umberto was put down by a vet after falling ill and a judge didn’t allow his partner a continuance to grieve
The father of a man who gunned down a deputy sheriff pleaded no contest to a felony charge that he helped his suicidal son acquire a firearm in violation of the law
Debo Adegbile argued before the Supreme Court that Mumia Abu-Jamal’s conviction for killing a Philadelphia police officer should be overturned
NYC will stop challenging a law making it easier to bring racial profiling cases against the police
Agreement approved Tuesday prevents police agencies from prolonging traffic stops or jailing people to determine their immigration status
Calif. Supreme Court likely to rule in favor of requiring police agencies to make names of officers in shootings public
The length of time police agencies could retain license plate information was the center of arguments before the legislative Public Safety and Security Committee
The lawsuit says police used excessive force. But several justices said the officers should be shielded from liability
Officer sued the city, claiming that his superiors retaliated against him when he complained of shoddy asbestos removal at a Police Athletic League center
Raulie Casteel, 44, was found guilty of terrorism after a crime spree that included shooting at two-dozen vehicles
Police are jumping into the marijuana-regulation effort out of fear that the state is inevitably moving toward a sanctioned industry with or without their input
The warrants team is attempting to identify parents who owe a lot of money for child support
State Rep. Charlie Stallworth charged Friday that the city’s police department is not hiring enough female and minority officers to adequately represent population
A jury has ruled in favor of a former officer who sued after he was shot responding to a burglar alarm by a homeowner who thought he was an intruder
A NJ man whose rap lyrics boasted he would “blow your face off and leave your brain caved in the street” will have his attempted murder case considered by the state’s Supreme Court
Rashun Robinson, 28, has been arrested on attempted murder, assault, weapon possession and other charges
The policy states officers cannot interfere with bystanders filming an incident at a reasonable distance
At issue is whether the actions of the police shooting at the vehicle as it attempted to escape constituted excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment
Russell E. Brown will be sent to Central State Hospital for rehabilitation for the death of Trooper Junius A. Walker
Former Sgt. Michael Weissberg is looking to be paid for the extra 5-10 hours overtime it took him each week to prepare for work
Civil liberty advocates have raised concerns about the proposed law’s constitutionality
California’s attorney general on Thursday appealed a federal court decision that overturned San Diego County’s concealed weapons restrictions
Man got within three feet of a paramedic trying to do a medical assessment of a drunken man and continued recording after the paramedic asked him to stop
The move is exactly one week after the settlement agreement was signed between the borough and former police Chief Mark Kessler
If courts across the land can’t agree, how is the average cop supposed to know what’s okay?
