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.
Here are a handful of other — perhaps less-well-known — cases which merit mention in this space
Some of the most important U.S. Supreme Court cases for law enforcement are either misunderstood or entirely unknown by the average American citizen
A recidivist gang member whose record includes a 2010 robbery conviction and a 2014 GTA conviction murdered Officer Keith Boyer ten days after release from prison
The officer maintains he feared he was going to be hit by the suspect’s car during the incident
The case is being scrutinized after Bishop was charged with killing three colleagues
Even though Colorado approved medical pot, the drug is illegal under federal law
Marcus Huffman plans to appeal the verdict
A crime lab technician has been charged with stealing cocaine evidence
Backers say state law is necessary to help stop violent crimes and keep officers safe
The passenger suffered traumatic injuries from crash
Use of force training has come a long way over the past couple of decades but most programs fail to adequately emphasize proper post-incident, response-to-resistance documentation
There are important differences in how human beings process information and how a camera does
After a three-hour deliberation, Mabry Joseph Landor was sentenced to die
Clemmons vowed to kill police in jailhouse tapes
The jury will now decide whether or not the suspect faces death
Two U.S. Supreme Court cases — Pickering v. Board of Education and Garcetti v. Ceballos — begin any discussion of employee right to free speech
Det. Anthony Orban is being held in the alleged attack on a woman; Jeff Jelinek, a corrections officers, is accused of being an accessory
To those who understand the complexities of domestic violence, this “training” seems more a polemic ideological rant than an intervention program
Two Calif. officers wanted the courts to throw out a suit that claims they illegally entered a man’s house
Hundreds of narcotics cases may have to be thrown out
There was not sufficient evidence to charge the officer involved
Laws aimed at protecting police officers and their families
Analyst: Danziger ‘blue wall of silence’ about to crumble
The new policy is drawing criticism from rank and file officers
Officer Marcus Huffman is accused of raping the woman in a police substation
Michigan and Ohio residents plotted to kill local LEOs
The woman had refused to sign a traffic ticket
Cop’s alleged crimes have outraged a department and left his family “numb”
Providence Police Officer Marcus Huffman is accused of raping a woman in a police substation in March 2007
Federal prosecutor Thomas Perez is “profoundly troubled” by the state of the New Orleans police department
Everett cop may see first-degree manslaughter go to second-degree murder
David Kofoed planted blood evidence during a murder investigation
