Search and Rescue
The Court has said reasonableness does not require perfection, but it does require a plausible satisfaction of Fourth Amendment criteria
#1. In a diaper bag strapped around the mom’s shoulders with her baby in her arms walking into a courtroom/jail
By conducting a secondary complete search, we can minimize the impact of honest mistakes
A deadly crash on Monday left an off-duty cop with questions about the behavior of other witnesses
Officer spent 45 minutes battling the surf and keeping a teen’s head above 50-degree water
Police officers were issued a new training bulletin Friday, ordering them not to enter a building that’s on fire to rescue people inside
9-year-old girl’s foot was trapped under a rock
Suspect scaled a 3-story condo in an attempt to break in
Chief says the cub was “very well behaved” while staying overnight at the station
Police received a frantic 911 call from a woman, a passenger in a pickup truck, who was screaming for help. When the call disconnected abruptly, the dispatcher used the phone’s GPS to track the truck
Sheriff’s Marine Unit learned that an outrigger canoe was sinking about a mile away from shore
An internal investigation is underway because of the deputy’s use of force
Officers struggled with the suspect as he attempted to escape from the back of a cruiser
One man rescued was disabled, missing a leg and would have likely not been able to escape the fire on his own
The 2-year-old pup was rescued without injury. Officers are unsure how the dog became stranded
Members of the NYPD Aviation Unit flew a helicopter alongside the steep cliff and hovered about 50 feet above the woman
A Transit police detective stopped a man from jumping on the tracks at the MBTA Park Street Station Wednesday
Police pulled a teenaged girl from a freeway overpass where she was taking pills while perched 30 feet above southbound lanes
Pa. police are no longer required to secure a warrant to search a vehicle
Crash left suspect unconscious in his burning car until a police officer pulled him to safety
If immigrants find themselves in a dangerous predicament, they can press a button on the tower that alerts authorities of their location
Family spent 60 hours lost in the vast woods and swamps drinking foul water and trying unsuccessfully to eat raw turkey eggs
Inmates find all kinds of ways to make contraband cellphones work for them. Now, authorities are finding a way to make the phones work for them, too
A Utah couple injured high in the Sierra Nevada was saved by rescuers flying in a Fresno-based California Highway Patrol helicopter
Two Supreme Court cases about police searches of cellphones without warrants present vastly different views of the ubiquitous device
The woman informed the officer she was going to jump as she heard voices in her head
The officer, who has had previous contacts with the man, suspected he was attempting to kill himself
Officer who obtained a search warrant was present when it was executed, but wasn’t able to stop deputies before they entered
Search turned up a loaded North American Arms 22-caliber mini revolver inside the woman
A Conn. man was seriously injured Easter Sunday when he became pinned between his truck and a garage door