FROM CALIBRE PRESS Jim Glennon’s recent commentary, “Putting Criminals Behind Bars Just Doesn’t Work.” Is That Viewpoint True at All? drew heavy feedback from law enforcement officers across the country. Here’s some of what we heard: Det. Nik Havert with the Nappanee (IN) PD: According to the preliminary data [...]
A MONTHLY LEGAL RESOURCE AND COMMENTARY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND AGENTS Eighth Circuit United States v. Ralston: Whether the requirements of the “Leon Good Faith” exception were meet where officers executed a search warrant on the suspect’s property, and also that of a nearby neighbor Eight Circuit United [...]
The 2024 Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act program is a competitive grant program that provides funding to improve the delivery of and access to mental health and wellness services for law enforcement. The 2024 LEMHWA program will fund projects that develop knowledge, increase awareness of effective mental [...]
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration today issued a letter to e-commerce companies regarding the sale of pill presses. As regulated entities under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), e-commerce platforms are generally required to comply with CSA recordkeeping, identification, and reporting requirements on the distribution, importation, and exportation of pill press machines. The [...]
A FREE Calibre Press Panel Discussion March is Women's History Month. In honor of this celebration, join three of Calibre Press's female instructors -- Deputy Chief Cyndy Velazquez (ret.), Chief Carole Presson and Capt. Michelle Tavarez--for a FREE, lively panel discussion on March 7, 10AM - Noon Central. Our impressive panel will [...]
Conventional approaches don’t fully meet the needs of law enforcement trainees. By Jason Shea for Police1.com We all want to ensure recruits have the edge they need to succeed in law enforcement academies, right? But let’s take a moment to ponder this. Could our conventional approach to aerobic training be [...]
By Leonard Sipes Source: Law Enforcement Today Originally written for Crime in America. Republished with permission. It’s safe to say, based on polling data, that the great majority of the 54 million yearly police-citizen contacts, interactions were mostly positive which almost seems almost impossible considering the nature of the [...]
From the Lexipol Team Due to legislative actions, court decisions and gradual shifts in best practices, terminology and technologies, law enforcement policy is in constant flux. At Lexipol, our subject matter experts are always on the lookout for new developments in federal and state statutes, regulations, case law and accreditation standards [...]
By Ken Wallentine for Lexipol Thomas v. City of Harrisburg, 88 F.4th 275 (3rd Cir. 2023) A municipal police officer and a probation officer saw Terrelle Thomas, along with another man, leave a bar and get into a vehicle as passengers. The police officer conducted a traffic stop and noted Thomas [...]
BJS encourages comments for 60 days through April 12, 2024, on the proposed extension, with change, of a currently approved collection, Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV). Your comments on BJS’s request to the Office of Management and Budget, which is published in the Federal Register, should respond to one or [...]
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