Appellate court reasons visual body cavity searches are even more intrusive than strip searches
Reasonable Suspicion Required to Conduct a Visual Body Cavity Search
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Category: Law Enforcement
Lump Plus Lies Create Probable Cause
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]United States v. McGhee (8th Cir. 2019) An officer responded to a traffic crash involving Delandus McGhee. McGhee told...
Court Grants Qualified Immunity for Use of Force to Subdue Ketamine-Induced Violence
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]O’Brien v. Town of Bellingham, (1st Cir. 2019) A woman heard shouting in the woods behind her home and saw Joe O’Brien...
Lexipol and Fleury Risk Management Announce Partnership Providing Public Safety Policies and Training
Members of NYS Public Entities Safety Group 497 will be offered the Lexipol policies and training bulletins at a discount
Nail It! Fighting the Scourge of Complacency in Public Safety
When high-risk tasks become routine, that is a problem lying in wait
Learning from Tragedies: Police Risk Mitigation Through Root Cause Analysis
Learning from the stories behind the headlines is essential to reducing real risk at our police agencies.
5 Keys to Overcoming Employee Objections to Online Learning
Focus on incorporating online learning into your personnel’s daily routine
Officers Use Deadly Force Without Identifying Themselves as Police
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Betton v. Belue, 2019 (4th Cir. 2019) Julian Betton was suspected of selling a small quantity of marijuana – his...
Justifying a No-Knock Entry
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Geiger v. Sloan, 780 Fed. Appx. 150 (5th Cir. 2019) An officer prepared an affidavit for a no-knock search warrant at...
Grants and Resources to Support Higher Education Campus Safety
A number of resources and grant opportunities exist to enhance campus safety and crime prevention
Qualified Immunity for Interfering with Person Recording Officers, But Not for TASER Device Use
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Johnson v. McCarver, 2019 (8th Cir. 2019) Tom Johnson, a defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings (at the time of the...
Succeeding as a School Resource Officer in a Changing World
An SRO keeps schools safe, makes learning easier and builds lasting relationships