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Patrol
California Highway Patrol Produces Video Honoring Women in Law Enforcement
The video titled “2017 Woman Leaders in Law Enforcement” shows women officers from a number of California agencies performing a wide variety of duties.
November 13, 2017
Patrol
California Sheriffs Blame Sanctuary Law for Officer's Murder
In the wake of the murder of Newman police officer Ronil Singh, elected officials and law enforcement leaders across California are pointing to SB-54—which prohibits local authorities from sharing information with ICE about certain criminal activity committed by undocumented immigrants—as the reason Gustavo Perez Arriaga was able to murder Singh.
December 31, 2018
Patrol
Video: California Highway Patrol Produces Video Honoring Women in Law Enforcement
The video titled “2017 Woman Leaders in Law Enforcement” shows women officers from a number of California agencies performing a wide variety of duties.
November 13, 2017
Patrol
California Businessman to Host Private "Law Enforcement Appreciation Festival"
More than 5,000 Southern California law enforcement officers and their families — with representation from the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles and Orange County Sheriff’s Departments, the California Highway Patrol, as well as the Long Beach, Huntington Beach, Westminster, and other police departments — are expected to attend.
August 20, 2018
Patrol
California Police Blame Sentencing Overhaul Law for Rising Crime Rate
California communities may be feeling the fallout from a controversial measure that reduced penalties for a range of crimes, as law enforcement report an uptick in everything from robberies to auto theft – and point the finger squarely at what’s known as Prop 47.
March 15, 2016
Patrol
Impact of California Law Legalizing Off-Duty Marijuana Use for Cops
Under a new California law, AB 2188, law enforcement officers are among workers who are protected against employer discipline or termination for using marijuana. But there are times when the new law could conflict with the 1968 Gun Control Act.
February 29, 2024
Technology
Proposed California Law Would Require Police to Disclose the Use of More Surveillance Devices
New California legislation would expand the list of electronic surveillance devices that the state's law enforcement agencies must disclose to the public.
January 6, 2017
Command
Full Text of California AB 2188, Law that Legalizes Marijuana Use by Officers
Here's a chance to read the details of California Assembly Bill No. 2188 that, as of Jan. 1, protects law enforcement officers from “discipline or termination” for using marijuana off-duty.
February 29, 2024
Patrol
California Law on Youth Informants Not Needed
A few weeks ago, the Golden State passed what may be the only law of its kind in the nation. Approved as a so-called "urgency measure," the statute "prohibits the use of children age 12 and under as informants" in police investigations.
October 31, 2008
Patrol
California Legislature's U-Turn On Law and Order
The California Constitution was amended in 1982 to bring evidence suppression limits in line with the U.S. Constitution. The present legislature has begun a concerted back door effort to undo the state's requirement to follow the federal exclusionary rule.
June 12, 2012
Special Units
Flavored Cocaine Alarms California Law Enforcement Officials
Setting off alarm bells and fears that the product is being targeted at a younger demographic, law enforcement officials in California's Yolo County say that a new type of cocaine is making its way into the U.S.—flavored cocaine.
June 21, 2007
Patrol
Proposed California Lethal Force Law Dangerous, Sheriffs Say
“I myself have been placed in situations where I in fact had to use lethal force and I can tell you that it doesn’t come easily. For those that think that these decisions are made easily when it’s time to use lethal force – it’s not,” Boudreaux said.
April 6, 2018
Patrol
California Law Enforcement Squelches Crips Set
Thirty-six people believed to be members of the upper echelon of a notoriously violent Stockton, Calif.-based Cambodian street gang were arrested Wednesday during raids conducted by state and local law enforcement agencies.
June 7, 2007
Technology
California Law Prohibits Facial Recognition on Police Body Cameras
The bill from Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, takes effect at the start of 2020 and expires after three years. Ting initially proposed a permanent ban on the technology.
October 9, 2019
Weapons
Federal Court Panel Shoots Down California Magazine Capacity Law
“Even well-intentioned laws must pass constitutional muster,” Appellate Judge Kenneth Lee wrote for the panel’s majority. California’s ban on magazines holding more than 10 bullets “strikes at the core of the Second Amendment — the right to armed self-defense.”
August 14, 2020
Patrol
California Supreme Court Upholds Law Allowing DNA Collection Upon Arrest
The California Supreme Court decided 4-3 Monday that the state may continue to take DNA from people arrested for a felony crime.
April 2, 2018
Patrol
California Law to Require Officers to Tell Drivers Why They Were Stopped
The new law takes effect Jan. 1, 2024, and will also require all police agencies to track whether officers who stop drivers are complying.
December 20, 2023
Patrol
California Law Enforcement Preparing for 4th of July, Smuggled Fireworks
With the 4th of July just around the bend, California state and local officials are preparing to put a damper on the transportation of illegal fireworks into the state this year.
June 25, 2007
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