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.
While it’s easy to rely on established case law, officers and legal professionals must avoid a one-size-fits-all approach
Agents built a case against Ronald Carmona, using phone data and controlled buys to prove fentanyl distribution
How should officers respond to an ambiguous request for counsel following the Miranda warning?
“This is tragic. We haven’t had multiple children killed in a very long time. It’s bad,” one trooper said
The court noted probable cause “is not a high bar: It requires only the kind of fair probability on which reasonable and prudent people, not legal technicians, act.”
If you’ve never written an affidavit for a search warrant, now is the time to learn
At question is officers being directed to write a statement about what happened before reviewing video footage and writing a supplemental report after
The settlement sum aims to resolve the remaining claims in a lawsuit over deputies and firefighters sharing photos of the NBA star’s fatal helicopter crash
Currently, DACA recipients can become troopers, game wardens, COs and serve in the Wisconsin National Guard
Sheriff Robert Luna said he felt “just sadness” after hearing reports of the mistreatment and poor conditions inside the jails
Palm Beach Gardens Officer Nouman Raja was the first Florida officer in nearly 30 years to be convicted and sentenced for a fatal on-duty shooting
Officer Jordan Steinke still faces charges in the incident where she placed the suspect inside a patrol vehicle parked on railroad tracks
The appellate court held that the suspect, while not free to leave, was not in custody when an officer first questioned him in the park
The civilian investigators wouldn’t have authority to make arrests or issue criminal process notices
Officers who apply for disability retirement benefits due to a psychological condition would have to complete up to 32 weeks of mental health treatment
The updated training emphasizes the role of a safety officer, who is supposed to monitor breathing and other vital signs of the person under restraint
Comptroller Susana Mendoza accused the city of setting impossible standards for cops to receive benefits
Jail video shows Anthony Mitchell was kept naked in a concrete-floored isolation cell, according to the lawsuit
Police arrested Anthony Novak in 2016 after he created a fake police Facebook page that closely mirrored the look of Parma PD’s official page
The defense attorney isn’t always interested in WHAT you say. Rather they’re more interested in HOW you say it!
Split-second decisions are inevitable in the law enforcement profession but reacting in a way that deprives people of their constitutionally approved rights is not
The bill wouldn’t prevent search and rescue, explosives detection and narcotics detection that do not involve biting
The change, which some call a “watered-down version” of the original bill, would replace the state’s pursuit law that was passed in 2021 by this summer
The officers are all out on bond; their next hearing has been scheduled for May 1
Doctors ruled the death of the man, who was acutely intoxicated by meth, was determined to be a homicide because of “the contribution of physical restraint to the cause of death”
The funding was announced on the fifth anniversary of the deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida
The plan is aimed at helping law enforcement agencies recruit and retain police amid a shortage of officers
Brooke Jenkins claims her predecessor sought manslaughter charges against Christopher Samayoa for “political reasons and not in the interests of justice”
An action that may be perceived as “mean,” yet doesn’t violate a clearly established constitutional right, will not lead to liability for an officer
“The goal of lowering the BAC is to hopefully make people think twice about driving when they’ve been drinking at all,” Sgt. Wes Rasmussen said
At a rate of one every four days, a new legal challenge has arisen to Illinois’ month-old firearms ban
Lawyers argued their client’s Second Amendment right was violated by law that makes it illegal for “unlawful users of controlled substances” to possess firearms
In the first year after the new approach took effect, only 1% of people who received citations for possessing controlled substances sought help
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