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
“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
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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
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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
Using ropes, the team lowered a rescuer about 30 feet down the cliff to a man who was stranded on a ledge
“What do you get when a police officer and a skunk cross? Law and Odor,” the department joked
Deputy Lucero and Sergeant Ortega swam out to the man, eventually reaching him despite the violent surf
Officer Casey Ramstead, who’s a licensed paramedic, can be seen cradling the baby and slapping his back to clear the airway
Two officers were running traffic when they noticed several cars on the opposite side of the street swerving and braking
Bodycam footage caught the moment Officer Cody Hubbard, 23, clapped Grady, a 3-week-old baby boy, on the back to dislodge anti-gas drops
The officers clung to the woman for a minute and a half while they waited for backup; that’s when a good Samaritan came to their aid
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“For comparison, go sprint 100 yards on sand, swim fifty yards a couple of times, and then 100 yards more while carrying another human. You get the picture,” the department said
Because of the biker’s precarious position, the helicopter team couldn’t hoist him to safety; a team member rappelled down and moved the man to a ledge below
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