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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2013

Supreme Court Limits Detention Powers In Searches

Suffolk County (N.Y.) Police detectives who detained two suspects, while officers searched a dwelling exceeded the scope of their search warrant, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 18, 2013

Video: Cop Confiscates Video from 'Citizen Journalist'

A woman who considers herself a "citizen journalist" told KATU she plans to sue, after a Gresham (Ore.) Police officer seized video she captured during an arrest.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 23, 2013

NYPD Begins Testing Handgun Scanners

The NYPD will soon deploy new technology allowing police to detect guns carried by criminals without using the typical pat-down procedure, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 10, 2013

Warrantless DUI Tests Head To Supreme Court

Supreme Court justices showed unease Wednesday about letting police without a search warrant draw a blood sample from an unwilling drunken-driving suspect, but they also expressed sympathy for the urgency faced by officers in such traffic stops.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 11, 2012

Ariz. Officers Claim Privacy Violation In DNA Lawsuit

Three Phoenix Police officers claim their privacy rights were violated when they were forced to give DNA samples during the investigation into the mysterious death of a fellow officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 12, 2012

DNA Case Heads To U.S. Supreme Court

A convicted rapist is challenging a Maryland law that allows police to take a DNA sample from violent suspects, arguing his Fourth Amendment privacy rights have been violated.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 6, 2012

Use of Drones by Seattle Police Strikes a Nerve

The vocal opposition against the drones came into sharp focus two weeks ago during a public meeting in Seattle when members of the Seattle Police Department were shouted down with chants of "No drones!"

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 31, 2012

Warrantless Surveillance Cameras OK, Fed Judge Rules

Police are allowed in some circumstances to install hidden surveillance cameras on private property without obtaining a search warrant, a federal judge said Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 31, 2012

U.S. Supreme Court Hears Fla. Drug Dog Case

A suspect's Fourth Amendment right to grow marijuana in the privacy of a home will be tested in a Florida case the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing Wednesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterAugust 16, 2012

Appeals Court: Warrantless Cellphone GPS Tracking Legal

The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that law enforcement officers don't need a warrant to track the location of a subject via the GPS data from a cell phone.

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