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Patrol
K-9 Sniffs and the Fourth Amendment
Under what circumstances is it permissible to use a dog to try to detect the presence of narcotics or dangerous substances without prior suspicion? The Supreme Court has considered this issue in three decisions.
May 31, 2005
Patrol
'Good Faith' Revisited
The Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule is not absolute. In a number of decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court has recognized that even where a police officer makes an unreasonable search or seizure, there may be compelling reasons not to exclude resulting evidence.
October 16, 2011
Patrol
'Functional Equivalent' of Miranda Questions
"Interrogation" has been defined by the Supreme Court to include both direct questioning and its "functional equivalent." What does this term mean? Three Supreme Court cases and numerous decisions from the federal appeals court have considered this question.
May 10, 2011
Patrol
Miranda: When Custody Isn't "Custody"
Of the 55 subsequent Supreme Court opinions on Miranda issues, 14 have involved attempts to clarify the meaning of "custody," and in 12 of those 14, the Supreme Court reversed the decisions of state and federal appellate courts, which got it wrong.
April 3, 2012
Patrol
Overlooked Legal Nuggets
From time to time, we get a really helpful decision that can make our jobs easier, and yet few people seem to learn about it or realize its significance. Here are 10 such decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court.
May 4, 2016
Patrol
Strip Searching Misdemeanor Arrestees
After issuing a series of decisions over the years that have been mostly deferential to custodial officials in managing their secure facilities, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a new ruling on the constitutionality of visual strip searches of minor-offense arrestees.
May 31, 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
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
Patrol
Probable Cause and Reasonable Suspicion
Some actions you take have been classified by Supreme Court decisions as requiring that you articulate a "reasonable suspicion" in order to make them constitutionally reasonable, while others can be undertaken only if there is "probable cause" ("PC"). But what do these terms mean? And how do you match the right level of justification with the kind of conduct you're seeking to justify?
June 6, 2011
Patrol
Accent on Officer Safety
Given the ever-present risks to your survival, it's important for you to know that in numerous decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court has created special rules to allow you to investigate crimes and apprehend suspects
without
undue restrictions that jeopardize your safety. Being aware of these cases can help you avoid taking chances you don't have to take.
September 19, 2011
Training
What does the Supreme Court ruling in Graham v. Connor say about police using force?
Envisage Technologies
The Supreme Court held in
Graham v. Connor
(1989) that whether departments are liable in civil "use of force" lawsuits depends on the objective reasonableness of the officer's actions given the particular facts and circumstances of the incident.
December 16, 2016
Patrol
Supreme Court Reins In Ariz. Immigration Law
The U.S. Supreme Court gave ammunition to supporters and detractors of Arizona's tough immigration law, which was left partially in tact by a ruling that's not likely to be the final word on the subject.
June 24, 2012
Patrol
The 5 Biggest Search-and-Seizure Myths
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court made the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule binding on the states in the 1961 decision in
Mapp v. Ohio,
thousands of published decisions from state and federal courts have applied the exclusionary rule to thousands of searches and seizures. It's no wonder the 50-year tidal wave of exclusionary decisions has left confusion and misunderstanding in its wake. Here are five areas of the law that seem to suffer the most in translation.
November 11, 2014
Patrol
Exclusive: What the Supreme Court's New Miranda Decision Means to You
This significant new decision firmly establishes that once a suspect has received the Miranda warnings and indicates that he understands his rights, officers are not required to ask whether he wishes to waive or invoke but may simply start asking questions about the case.
June 2, 2010
Weapons
National Law Enforcement Groups, Brady Center Urge Supreme Court to Rule for D.C. Gun Ban
Nine law enforcement groups, including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, have allied with the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence in filing a "friend of the court" brief urging the Supreme Court to reverse a federal appeals court ruling that strikes down a District of Columbia gun law as a violation of the Second Amendment.
January 24, 2008
Patrol
Obama's Election Victory and the Supreme Court
What is the likely consequence of the re-election of Barack Obama with respect to judicial appointments, as they bear on law enforcement and public safety issues? In our business, we're trained to look for the clues. There are plenty of those to examine.
December 26, 2012
Patrol
Judge Sotomayor Sees "Disturbing Trend" of Courts Favoring Officers in Use-of-Force Rulings
Her colleagues’ failure to accept the case “continues a disturbing trend regarding the use of this court’s resources,” Sotomayor wrote in an opinion joined by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
April 25, 2017
Patrol
High Court: Fleeing, Other Factors Justify Detention
Ratcheting up the authority of police to stop and question fleeing individuals, the U.S. Supreme Court in mid-January, ruled that officers can legally detain someone who runs upon merely seeing the police if other factors are present and can be articulated by officers.
January 31, 2000
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