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Technology
Court Shelves Ban on Recording of Officers In Ill.
A federal appellate court has ordered Illinois police and prosecutors not to arrest or charge anyone for recording police officers.
May 8, 2012
Patrol
N.J. Court Says No to Law Arming Probation Officers
A New Jersey state law allowing probation officers to carry firearms and receive law enforcement training was ruled unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court on Wednesday.
April 19, 2006
Patrol
Supreme Court Sides with Police Officers in Search Case
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police officers in Utah who searched a suspect's home without a warrant cannot be sued for violating his constitutional rights.
January 21, 2009
Patrol
Maryland's Highest Court Reinstates Officers' Names to Courts Database
Maryland’s highest court voted unanimously Tuesday to restore police officers’ names to the public online court database, overturning a change made last year that prompted an outcry when it went into effect last week.
March 6, 2018
Patrol
Ohio Court Rules Officer's Estimate Good Enough for Speeding Conviction
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a trained officer's "visual estimation" of a vehicle traveling over the posted limit is sufficient for a conviction.
June 2, 2010
Patrol
Supreme Court Rules for Police Officers in D.C. House Party Case
The court ruled unanimously that the officers could not be held liable for making the arrests after they came upon a scene of "utter Bacchanalia," as Justice Clarence Thomas described it in announcing the decision.
January 22, 2018
Patrol
NH Senate OKs Making Court Officers Eligible for Death Benefit
New Hampshire's court security officers who are killed in the line of duty would be eligible for the same death benefits as police officers and firefighters under a bill passed by the state Senate.
February 19, 2018
Patrol
Court Rules Against Seattle Officers in Use-of-Force Policy Lawsuit
A federal appeals court panel on Tuesday unanimously voted to uphold the Seattle Police Department's policy that regulates the use of force by officers, dismissing the argument that it infringed on the cops' Second Amendment rights.
September 19, 2017
Patrol
Monday Ruling by U.S. Supreme Court Could Reduce Lawsuits Against Officers
This decision makes it much harder to sue the police, because almost all confrontations have unique features that could be used to block lawsuits. In essence, the court is signaling that it wants fewer suits against officers in the lower courts, and is chiding the appellate courts for allowing such suits.
January 10, 2017
Patrol
Court Order Halts Parole of Killer of 2 NYC Officers in 1971
The scheduled prison release of a former member of a violent 1970s radical group who killed two New York City police officers in 1971 has been put on hold by a state court.
April 5, 2018
Patrol
Court Rules Pittsburgh Officers Can't be Required to Live in City
In an 18-page opinion, the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-0 in favor of the Fraternal Order of Police Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1, which won an arbitration award in 2014 allowing its approximately 870 officers to live within 25 air-miles of the City-County Building Downtown. Justice Debra Todd did not participate in the decision.
May 23, 2017
Patrol
Supreme Court Case Could Lead to Liability for Officers Making Arrests That Don’t Hold Up
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a case that threatens police officers with financial ruin if they make arrests and the charges don’t hold up.
October 10, 2017
Technology
Federal Court Upholds Right To Record Video of Officers
Arresting someone for filming a law enforcement officer is a Constitutional violation, a federal judge in Massachusetts has ruled.
August 28, 2011
Patrol
Supreme Court Rejects Officers' Lawsuit in Freddie Gray Case
The High Court agreed with a lower court ruling that Mosby has prosecutorial immunity in the case, declining to take up the appeal, and effectively ending the case in Mosby's favor.
November 14, 2018
Patrol
Ohio Court OKs Keeping Names of Officers Secret
When a Columbus police officer’s fatal shooting of a suspect inflamed passions in a South Side neighborhood last year, city authorities refused to identify the officer to protect him from "credible threats."
May 10, 2012
Patrol
Supreme Court Grants Qualified Immunity to Officers in 2 Cases
The court overturned the lower-court decisions without ordering full briefing and argument, a sign it did not see them as close calls. There were no dissents.
October 19, 2021
Point of Law
Supreme Court Rules Officers Can’t be Sued for Miranda Violations
Justice Samuel Alito wrote in his majority opinion that “a violation of Miranda is not itself a violation of the Fifth Amendment” and “we see no justification for expanding Miranda to confer a right to sue” under the federal law known as Section 1983.
June 24, 2022
Patrol
MN Supreme Court Will Not Review Judge's Order Requiring Minneapolis to Hire 100 More Officers
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a request from the city of Minneapolis for an emergency review of a judge's order requiring at least 730 police officers be on the force by next summer in order to comply with the city charter's requirement.
August 11, 2021
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