[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]From new threats such as synthetic opioids to tried-and-true challenges involving social media and use of force...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Sims v. Labowitz, (4th Cir. 2017) Trey Sims, 17 years old, used his mobile phone to record himself fondling his erect penis. He sent the video recordings and photos to his...
United States v. Wise, (5th Cir. 2017) Morris Wise was a passenger on a Greyhound bus bound for Chicago from Houston. At a regular stop, interdiction officers boarded the bus and the bus driver consented to a search of the passenger compartment. One of the...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]The United States has a history of making intoxicating substances, like alcohol and marijuana, illegal under the guise of weakening moral values. So-called moral...
[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...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Editor’s note: This case might seem familiar to you. It should. It was covered in Xiphos in January here. Pauly v. White, 874 F.3d 1197 (10th Cir. 2017) On a dark and...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Cole v. Commonwealth, (Va. 2017) An officer arrested Abdul Rahman Cole for a warrant. During the inventory of Cole’s car, the officer found an open alcohol container and...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Collins v. Commonwealth, 790 S.E.2d 611 (Va. 2016), cert. granted sub nom Collins v. Virginia, No. 16-1027 (U.S. Sept. 28, 2017) A motorcyclist on an orange and black...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]People v. Garvin, 2017 (N.Y. 2017) Sean Garvin committed several bank robberies by the time police found his fingerprint on a demand note used at one of the banks. The same...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]United States v. Bain, (1st Cir. 2017) Yrvens Bain was on probation following a series of drug trafficking convictions and some prison time. Investigators made multiple...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in The Chief’s Chronicle; New York State Association of Chiefs of Police. Reprinted with permission. In my two prior...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Law enforcement is uniquely American—independent, fragmented but united in working toward a larger cause. Law enforcement officers are expected to enforce laws at the state...
