Author: Chief Ken Wallentine

KEN WALLENTINE is police chief of the West Jordan (Utah) Police Department and former chief of law enforcement for the Utah attorney general. He has served over three decades in public safety, is a legal expert and editor of Xiphos, a monthly national criminal procedure newsletter. Wallentine is a member of the board of directors of the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Death and serves as a use of force consultant in state and federal criminal and civil litigation across the nation.

Probationary Police Officer Pretext Trumps Termination

Probationary Police Officer Pretext Trumps Termination

[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Perez v. City of Roseville, (9th Cir. 2018) Leah Begley filed a citizen complaint alleging that Janelle Perez, a probationary police officer, was having an on-duty sexual...

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Protective Sweep Went Too Far

Protective Sweep Went Too Far

[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]United States v. Bagley, 877 F.3d 1151 (10th Cir. 2017) Marshals had an arrest warrant for Stephen Bagley for violating the terms of his supervised release. These same...

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Prisoner Mail Policy Proper

Prisoner Mail Policy Proper

[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Simpson v. County of Cape Girardeau, 879 F.3d 273 (8th Cir. 2018) Trey Simpson was a prisoner at the county jail and each week, his mother wrote him several lengthy...

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Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Carpenter v. United States

Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Carpenter v. United States

[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Carpenter v. United States, U.S., No. 16-402 (2017) Justice Neil M. Gorsuch took center stage with his robust questions from the bench during arguments in the Carpenter v....

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Physician, Heal Thyself (a Doctor and the Gaze Nystagmus Test)

Physician, Heal Thyself (a Doctor and the Gaze Nystagmus Test)

[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Windham v. Harris County, (5th Cir. 2017) William Windham, a medical doctor, ignored his own doctor’s medical advice to not drive and then drove his car into the rear of...

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