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Training

Report: Chicago Is False Confession Capital

News magazine "60 Minutes" labeled Chicago the "false confession capital" of the United States Sunday in a segment featuring several men who claimed they were coerced by police detectives into signing confessions for crimes they didn't commit.

December 9, 2012

Patrol

Lawyers and Miranda Warnings: Either/Or?

It sometimes happens that a suspect's lawyer offers to surrender him for arrest and agrees to let his or her client be questioned, provided the lawyer is present during the interrogation.

September 6, 2012

Patrol

SCOTUS: Miranda Warning Not Required for Inmate Questioned About Other Crime

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a Michigan inmate who contended he should have received a Miranda warning before being interrogated in a prison conference room about sexual conduct with a 12-year-old boy.

February 20, 2012

Patrol

Drawing Lines Around Miranda

In November, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its 54th decision on a Miranda issue, in a case called Bobby v. Dixon. This is the third decision on the issue of the admissibility of a suspect's statements obtained after a belated warning and waiver.

February 12, 2012

Patrol

Juveniles and Miranda "Custody"

In J.D.B. v. North Carolina, the Supreme Court didn't really clarify the issue of Mirandizing juveniles. Until further issues are litigated, officers should consult policy advisers to obtain guidelines for Mirandizing and interrogating juvenile suspects.

July 31, 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

Oklahoma Cop Shooting Suspects Accidentally Confess On Camera

Video surveillance cameras captured three arrestees discussing their ambush of Oklahoma City PD's Katie Lawson in Spanish in an interrogation room, while being recorded by cameras and watched by a bilingual detective.

August 30, 2010

Gangs

Ask the Right Questions the Right Way

The Mexican Mafia informant was making me nervous. He was in top physical condition and we were unarmed and in a very isolated part of the Men's Central Jail. Fifty-some year olds, like Frank and I, would have had our hands full fighting with this witness had he decided to fight.

August 2, 2010

Patrol

Chicago Police Torture Trial Opens

The federal trial of a former Chicago police supervisor began with an initial day of testimony that included allegations that he played Russian roulette with a suspect and used plastic bags and an electrical device to force a murder confession.

May 26, 2010

Patrol

Miranda Warning Issues

Miranda warnings are triggered by a simple formula: Custody + Interrogation = The requirement for Miranda warnings. A motorist is not in "custody" for Miranda purposes when he or she is detained for an ordinary traffic stop.

May 10, 2010

Patrol

Supreme Court Validates Tampa PD's Miranda Warning

Kevin Dewayne Powell, who was arrested in August 2004 on a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, informed officers he possessed a handgun, after police recited their standard Miranda warning to him.

February 22, 2010

Technology

NYPD Will Videotape Interrogations

The initiative, which will begin in two of the department's 76 precincts, is opposed by the detectives' union and supported by city district attorneys.

February 20, 2010