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Tag: Search and Seizure: Page 6
Training
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.
December 10, 2012
Patrol
Entry to Secure
As previous "Point of Law" articles have discussed, there are four—and only four—legal justifications for entering private premises. For several reasons, the preferred authority for entry is a judicial warrant.
December 9, 2012
Patrol
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.
November 11, 2012
Patrol
Expanded Definition of "Search"
When the government, in an attempt to get information, "trespasses" on any of the items specifically listed in the Fourth Amendment ("persons, houses, papers and effects"), this constitutes a "search," whether or not there is any infringement of a suspect's legitimate expectation of privacy.
November 4, 2012
Technology
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.
October 30, 2012
Patrol
Publicity Can Be Costly
As private citizens, reporters are not bound by the Fourth Amendment. You are. Private citizens generally can't be sued for violating someone's Fourth Amendment rights. You can. Read on.
October 9, 2012
Patrol
N.Y. Cops 'Displayed' Sex Toys, Lawsuit Claims
When cops couldn't find a gun in a Bronx man's home, they settled for taking out his mother's sex toys and displaying them around the apartment, the 22-year-old claims in a lawsuit.
August 28, 2012
Patrol
Ark. Cop Reprimanded In Chavis Carter Case
An Arkansas police officer who twice frisked a man who authorities say subsequently shot himself to death while handcuffed in a patrol car has returned to active duty but must undergo more training and face an official reprimand.
August 27, 2012
Patrol
Are You Dealing With A Super Genius?
An ABA Journal story recalled the rewards that can come from perusing others' scribblings. About the only thing these mental mavericks lack is a prognostication on how long a sentence they'll get for the sentences they write.
August 23, 2012
Patrol
S.F. Mayor Drops Stop-and-Frisk Plan
San Francisco's mayor has dropped plans to implement New York City's stop-and-frisk policy, after community leaders criticized the plan, saying it would lead to racial profiling.
August 6, 2012
Patrol
NYPD Stop-and-Frisks Fall 34%
The number of police stop-and-frisks has declined a whopping 34 percent between the first and second quarters of the year, officials said Friday.
August 2, 2012
Patrol
S.F. Mayor Considers 'Stop and Frisk' Plan
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in favor of a nonbinding resolution urging Lee not to adopt a stop-and-frisk policy like that of New York City, where officers can stop and search people they deem suspicious.
July 18, 2012
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