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Can cops compel computer decryption with a search warrant?

There’s a storm brewing around whether the Fifth Amendment protects suspects from being compelled to decrypt their own computers pursuant to a search warrant

April 22, 2014 11:39 AM

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Val Van Brocklin

4 court cases on decryption and the Fifth Amendment

We may look to an article entitled The Fifth Amendment, Encryption, and the Forgotten State Interest for analysis and advice on computer decryption and the Fifth Amendment

April 22, 2014 11:35 AM

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Val Van Brocklin

Use of Force

3 ways to bring use-of-force training to small police departments

How do small- and medium-sized departments — which are already stretched thin — keep training up on such a dynamic concept as legal use of force?

April 09, 2014 08:25 AM

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Communications Interoperability

Montreal police want insults aimed at officers outlawed

January 29, 2009 02:59 AM

Crime Analysis & Investigation Software

New Orleans police say composite sketches are successful

January 28, 2009 07:29 AM

DNA evidence untested in 800+ Calif. cases

January 28, 2009 07:23 AM

Juvenile Crime

Ill. mayor accuses police department of negligence after teen impersonates cop

January 28, 2009 03:58 AM

Officer-Involved Shootings

Police commissioner defends withholding names

January 28, 2009 03:14 AM

Investigations

Letter offers clues to why man killed family, himself

January 28, 2009 03:08 AM

Fitness & Health

Officers who rescued woman in fire are fighting for paid overtime

January 27, 2009 07:36 AM

Evidence Management

Police use garbage to help nab criminals

January 27, 2009 07:32 AM

Investigations

Vt. man nabbed for shooting cop car suspect in other shootings

January 27, 2009 07:13 AM

Command Staff - Chiefs / Sheriffs

Oakland police chief to resign

January 27, 2009 05:26 AM

Patrol Issues

Chicago PD looks at security breaches

January 27, 2009 05:03 AM

Patrol Issues

N.M. police who failed to respond to emergency calls pay $685K

January 27, 2009 04:49 AM

Legal

Civil rights lawyer to argue Calif. transit officer shooting case

January 27, 2009 04:27 AM

International Law Enforcement

Canadian TASER case hears testimony

January 27, 2009 04:00 AM

Border Patrol

Mexican drug cartels smuggling guns from U.S. across the border

January 27, 2009 03:56 AM

Active Shooter

Ore. man opens fire at nightclub, kills two before shooting himself in head

January 27, 2009 03:50 AM

Investigations

Police survey links crime spike to economy

January 27, 2009 03:45 AM

Juvenile Crime

Chicago teen who fooled police pleads not guilty to impersonating officer

January 26, 2009 11:38 AM

Less Lethal

University study investigates stun gun safety, in-custody deaths

January 26, 2009 06:36 AM

Legal

Supreme Court: Passengers can be frisked

January 26, 2009 03:12 AM

Legal

Three charged in shooting of Baltimore cop

January 26, 2009 03:02 AM

Use of Force

Ill. officer admits guilt in use of force case

January 23, 2009 11:22 AM

Las Vegas police settle officer’s lawsuit over religious clothing

January 23, 2009 08:00 AM

Border Patrol

Sheriff to keep immigration training program

January 22, 2009 03:04 AM

Legal

Supreme Court sides with police in Utah search case

January 21, 2009 04:16 AM

Officer Misconduct / Internal Affairs

Lawsuit filed against N.M. police for in-custody death

January 20, 2009 05:25 AM

Supreme Court pulls back on exclusionary rule

January 16, 2009 09:53 AM

Pair indicted in shooting death of Va. detective

January 16, 2009 05:25 AM

Medical study: Serious injuries from TASER are ‘extremely rare’

January 15, 2009 06:44 AM

Vehicle Incidents and Issues

Injured Pa. officer describes road rage of driver who almost killed him

January 15, 2009 04:38 AM

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