[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Continuous improvement is at the heart of law enforcement and risk management. And use of force is likely the most scrutinized topic in the crossover between these two...
[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. Patrick, 2016 WL 6892507 (7th Cir. 2016) Patrick failed to comply with his parole terms. Officers...
Ken Wallentine covers legal issues with traffic stops
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Earlier this year, Xiphos told you about using historical cell site location information (CSLI) to help convict Aaron Graham of armed robbery. Graham and his accomplice,...
An officer saw a car slow at an intersection, as if to turn. Then the driver paused and drove straight ahead. The officer checked the license plate and learned that the car had been reported as stolen. The officer followed the car, but lost it after a turn. He cruised...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Gutierrez ran a stop sign. An officer tried to pull her over and she sped up and drove to her mother’s apartment several blocks away. The...
When we fix our internal system, we create trust and real camaraderie among the rank-and-file
[vc_section css="vc_custom_1525482743015{padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]State v. Snyder, (Ariz. App. 2016) A grocery store security officer saw Snyder shoplift two steaks and place them in his backpack. The security officer and another person...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]A man driving to work in the very early morning hours saw AdonSoto driving in the middle of the road, straddling the divider line. AdonSoto was...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Turner was a passenger in a car stopped for a traffic violation. The officer discovered an arrest warrant for Turner. The officer told Turner...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]Officers saw Vasquez driving a car with a temporary registration card pasted inside a tinted window. They stopped him and discovered that he...
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"]DEA agents located a web address offering a precursor ingredient for ecstasy. The agents issued a subpoena for the service provider, seeking...
