CA Deputy, Civilian Employee Killed in Crash

A Stanislaus County, CA, sheriff’s deputy and community service officer doing a ridealong were killed Saturday morning in a fiery crash in Modesto while responding to a call.

Dan Davis

Cleaning Out My Files

It's no coincidence that the Mumbai terror teams used Google Earth to map out their plan.

NYPD Agrees to Limit Use of LRAD Systems During Protests

“The NYPD has voluntarily agreed to ban the use of the LRAD’s alert tone going forward,” a city spokeswoman said. “The NYPD has found a path forward that satisfies both law enforcement needs and the plaintiffs’ concerns about the use of the LRAD.”

Officer, Am I Free to Go?

Without reasonable suspicion or probable cause, you cannot legally detain a subject during a consensual contact.

Video: De Blasio Defends Tactics of NYPD Officer at This Week's Protests

“When the police give you an instruction, you follow the instruction. It’s not debatable,” he said. “When the police say stay to the sidewalk, it means stay to the sidewalk. And that has to be respected. There’s no debate about the fact that the announcements were made multiple times.”

ECDs and Use-of-Force Law

A recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which applies to five states, emphasizes the use of TASERs as tools for protection, not for compelling compliance.

Derrick D. Bartlett

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