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Section: Point of Law
Weapons
Less-Lethal Launchers: Reaching Out and Punching Someone
Today, police have a wide variety of tools and munitions for exerting less-lethal force on individuals at greater and greater distances. Extended range less-lethal impact weapons have been refined to the point that they are both accurate and extremely effective when deployed correctly.
March 14, 2011
Patrol
Mi Casa Es Su Casa
When you take down a drug house, or enter a home to investigate domestic violence, or serve a search warrant at a residence, which of the multiple people that you sometimes encounter would have the legal standing to challenge the lawfulness of your entry and search?
March 9, 2011
Patrol
Bruise Not Break
Like all Brite-Strike products, the Flexaton BIL contains a strobing flashlight that can be used to distract and disorient a suspect. This is a safety feature that can provide an officer with enough time to get the upper hand in a confrontation.
March 6, 2011
Patrol
'Don't Talk To My Client!'
The Constitution does not forbid you to talk to a person just because that person has an attorney, or just because the attorney tells you not to do it. Instead, the law focuses on whether the
suspect
is willing to talk without his or her attorney present.
February 6, 2011
Special Units
K-9 Drug Detection Cases
In the usual case, both the seizure and the search must be reasonable under the Fourth Amendment in order for the evidence to be admissible. The U.S. Supreme Court and federal appeals courts have considered both issues when officers have used K-9s to detect contraband.
January 2, 2011
Patrol
12 Great Holiday Gifts for Cops
Once again, the editors of POLICE Magazine offer you our annual holiday gift guide. Note: We've allowed some inflation this year. The price limit for 2010 is $350 (Yes, we know. That's a substantial gift).
December 19, 2010
Technology
Surveillance Technology: An End to Stakeouts?
Modern surveillance techniques still use the old methods, but technology can make the process both easier and more likely to yield good results.
December 13, 2010
Weapons
Make Your Arm a Stun Weapon
ArmStar's futuristic new stun weapon could make hands-on engagements with suspects really one-sided in your favor.
December 6, 2010
Patrol
Vehicle Searches: Where and When?
It would be great if there were a single, simple rule to tell you where and when you may lawfully search a vehicle for contraband or evidence. Unfortunately, there are
multiple
rules, and sometimes more than one of them may apply.
November 30, 2010
Weapons
21st Century Riot Control Tools
A few weeks before last year's G20 economic summit in Pittsburgh, anarchists and agitators cringed as they read about heat rays, sonic disruptors, mass TASERs, malodorants, and other new riot control technologies that would supposedly make their debut during the economic summit.
November 28, 2010
Patrol
Avoid Defective Search Warrants
Flaws in a warrant that are so obvious you should have recognized them can doom your search and seizure and eliminate the usual "good faith" protection.
November 10, 2010
Patrol
POLICE-TREXPO East 2010 Report from the Aisles
Each year at POLICE-TREXPO, the trade show and exposition attracts some of the leading manufacturers of tactical products and vehicles. This year's show was no exception. The aisles were packed with innovative and intriguing new tools and machines. Here's a look at some of the highlights.
October 27, 2010
Special Units
Investigating Gang Homicides
A gang murder investigation requires your best detective skills to solve the crime and protect the witnesses.
October 21, 2010
Weapons
Second Amendment v. Gun Control
As a result of these back-to-back rulings from the Supreme Court, neither the federal government nor any city, county, or state may enforce any law that creates a blanket prohibition against the possession of firearms by an individual in the home.
September 30, 2010
Technology
Electronic Privacy on the Job
Increasingly, law enforcement agencies issue electronic communication and information equipment to employees for their use in performing official duties. Access to and use and monitoring of the information stored or transmitted by means of such devices may be subject to a variety of employer policies, state and federal statutes, constitutional provisions, and case law.
September 2, 2010
Patrol
Miranda Invocation and Waiver
If a suspect wants to assert either his right to counsel or his right to silence, it is up to him to do so, unequivocally and unambiguously.
August 9, 2010
Patrol
Lessons Learned from the Mehserle Trial
The Mehserle story serves as a cautionary tale for all officers and all law enforcement agencies.
August 8, 2010
Patrol
The 'Independent Source' Doctrine
If you can identify two or more ways to justify a detention, arrest, search, or entry, you increase the odds that at least one of them will be upheld in court.
July 29, 2010
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