United States v. Moran, 944 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2019)
Sister Didn’t Have Apparent Authority Over Brother’s Garbage Bags in Her Storage Unit
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Following Inventory Policy Leads to Admissible Evidence of Firearm
United States v. Seay, 944 F.3d 220 (4th Cir. 2019)
Officers Not Liable in Shoplifter’s Death
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Day v. Wooten, 2020 (7th Cir. 2020) Terrell Day stole a watch from a retail store. Day was known to the store’s loss...
Second Sniff, Second Search and Seizure of Heroin Upheld
United States v. Bettis, 2020 (8th Cir. 2020)
Public Safety Facebook Pages and the First Amendment
Case law sheds light on the limits agencies can set for their social media pages
Trooper’s Stopwatch Calculations Justified Stop; Detention for Dog Sniff Was Proper
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Robinson v. State, 454 P.3d 149 (Wy. 2019) A trooper saw Bryan Robinson driving below the speed limit on the freeway and...
Using Computer Modeling in Police Use of Force Investigations
Biomechanical models and human factors research assisted a California jury in a wrongful death case
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74-Year-Old Properly Detained During Search of Her Residence
It is black letter law that officers may detain a resident incident to a search
Reasonable Suspicion Required to Conduct a Visual Body Cavity Search
Appellate court reasons visual body cavity searches are even more intrusive than strip searches
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...