[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]United States v. Gorman, (9th Cir. 2017) A trooper stopped Gorman for a left lane passing violation on the interstate freeway. The trooper’s conversation with Gorman caused...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]United States v. Orozco, (9th Cir. 2017) Troopers received a tip that a tractor-trailer with a white box trailer and Michigan license plates was carrying illegal drugs....
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Policies. General Orders. Standard Operating Guidelines. Standard Operating Procedures. Directives. In public safety, we use a lot of different words...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Across the country, it is common to hear officers say “be safe” or “stay safe” to one another. Sadly, sometimes these...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]People v. Bushey, 2017 WL 1712385 (N.Y. App. 2017) Andrew Bushey’s bad day began with a collection of unpaid parking...
[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. Mathews, 2017 WL 1407036 (D. Colo. 2017) Officers suspected Mathews of committing two pawn shop...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Commonwealth v. Leslie, 2017 WL 1885833 (Mass. 2017) An officer conducting plainclothes surveillance saw Leslie walk up...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Take any moment in time in my life and you might find me playing the role of policy author, directive writer, supervisor, investigator, file organizer, proof-of-compliance...
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Nearly 80 percent of law enforcement officers have experienced an on-the-job “near-miss” event that they attribute at least in part to sleep deprivation or fatigue. That’s...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Commonwealth v. Squires, 71 N.E.3d 520 (Mass. 2017) Squires and Angier were walking along railroad tracks on a snowy...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]State v. Edwards, 2017 WL 1194851 (Conn. 2017) Edwards was convicted of a home invasion robbery. He followed a woman...
What standard applies when officers use force to prevent a subject’s death or serious injury?
