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.
The relentless nature of cyberbullying makes it one of the most oppressive and aggressive forms of bullying today
If confirmed by the Senate, Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat on the Supreme Court will be given to Neil Gorsuch, a 49-year-old federal appeals court judge on the 10th Circuit
By analyzing case law, we can glean constitutional guidance concerning when the use of a TASER is lawfully appropriate and when it is constitutionally excessive
Officer Mark Saylor was killed along with his wife, daughter and brother-in-law
Former officers claim they were harassed because of their race
Law would require police officers to be involved in local immigration enforcement
Keith Hicks fondled women and filed false police reports while on duty
Officer Sean Fleming went to back up fellow officers on his way home from work
Kenneth Tomlinson admitted to sexually assaulting the boys
Many say that Sheriff Joe Arpaio is abusing his power and focusing too much on immigration
The ACLU is calling police work ‘recklessly sloppy’
The names of 7 troopers accused of rape will not be made public
Kurt Douglas Green was accused of disclosing info from the National Crime Information Center
Proof lacking he was headed to burglary
The ’08 law makes it a first-degree felony to discharge a firearm in an attempt to shoot an officer
Officer Frank Chiafari will discuss the need for workers comp laws
Questioning can resume after passage of time
Officers used batons and a TASER on the student in the controversial incident
Officer James Peters of Scottsdale (Ariz.) PD just had his sixth OIS — some reporters have decided there’s something wrong with that on its face
Sr. Cpl. Victor Lozada-Tirado died in a crash while escorting Clinton
Providing DNA samples as a condition of employment is not yet an issue in law enforcement, but we should contemplate the ramifications should that day arrive
The Court approved a rewrite of the Miranda rights warning, despite complaints
Detective Robert DeCarlo was seen on surveillance video beating a handcuffed suspect
Najibullah Zazi has pleaded guilty and is volunteering information about the bomb plot
The jury found the officers not guilty on all counts
The sheriff’s deputy killed a suspect during a high-speed chase
Anthony Cardell Haynes was convicted of killing Sgt. Kent Kincaid in 1998
12 ground zero responders will be the first to go to trial
Officers fatally shot Johnny Lee Wicks, who had opened fire in a Las Vegas courthouse and killed a federal court guard
Bernard Kerik was sentenced for eight felonies, including lying to the White House
The unsolved murder of Officer Alfred M. Johnson will hopefully be put to rest
The baseline for all good witnesses is to just tell the truth — the benchmark for cops on the stand is that we’re just doing our jobs
A ticket was based on the officer’s visual reading of his speed on a state highway
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