Search and Rescue
Case reviews nonconsensual police entry into a private residence to arrest an occupant
From a daring ocean rescue to taking down an active shooter, Officer Jonathan Wiese is grateful he’s lived up to his nickname: Johnny-on-the-spot
The trial court ruled there may not have been probable cause, but if there was not, the good faith exception applied to save the search
“Hearing the train and feeling the vibrations, and just hearing crumpling metal … that was really close,” an officer said
An officer does not need a driver’s consent to conduct a dog sniff during a lawful traffic stop, if it does not prolong the stop
“Recently we’ve used our program to locate lost and missing people, apprehend criminals and most importantly, for officer safety,” said Chief Giacomo Sacca
The decision could make it more difficult for police to use Google location history to solve crimes
Collingdale’s police chief called it a “community effort”
Video shows the man clinging to a fence above a busy highway
Frantic bodycam video shows Officer John Rose helping three swimmers board his boat, one of whom sadly died
Officers slid on their stomachs but crashed through the ice while trying to free the young man, video shows
Can an officer follow search and seizure procedures during a wall stop? The court decides in this recent case
Factors to consider upon arrival at a vehicle fire, plus what to know about attempting an occupant rescue
LAPD officers had only seconds to save a pilot who had made an emergency landing on train tracks
“Probably about 30 seconds after we got everybody out of the car, I remember looking behind me, and the car is completely submerged.”
The building was destroyed, but the officers’ quick thinking saved a man’s life
Deputies reeled in the driver and a fellow deputy after the woman’s car became completely submerged
The deputies had only just emerged from their battered cars when they heard someone screaming for help
There’s an old saying, what you don’t know won’t hurt you. This saying doesn’t apply here
“Climb out the back,” one officer is heard telling the woman. “I need you to climb out the back.”
“We’ve got to get you out!” screams an officer, his arms pulling the man by his shirt. “You’ve got to help me help you!”
The two officers, both Navy veterans, found the woman unresponsive in her submerged vehicle
Defendant Calvin Weaver asserted the Terry frisk began not when the officer touched him, but at the moment the officer ordered him to get out of the car
“We got you! We got you!” the officers can be heard shouting on their bodycam footage
The Hopewell Township officers clung to trees for nearly two hours while waiting to be rescued
What3words has made it possible to locate any place on earth in just three words, and PSAPs are taking notice
The case of Anthony Caldwell shows a search need not occur contemporaneously with a seizure
The officers used a baton to smash the car’s windows, but couldn’t immediately find the driver
“The train is now approaching the station,” the loudspeaker says. Moments later, the subway platform is in chaos
Is a suspect more likely to go to the blind corner or somewhere else in a room in an attempt to ambush an officer?
Officials executed a search warrant at a home and found 337 firearms, thousands of rounds of ammunition and high-capacity magazines
The blaze had spread across multiple sides of the building’s top floor
It is predictable that you will encounter used needles even when you’re not searching anyone
