Supreme Court justices debated whether police use of "geofence warrants" to obtain phone location data violates protections against unreasonable searches. By David G. Savage Source Los Angeles Times | Taken from Police1.com What to know A sharply divided Supreme Court heard arguments on whether police use of "geofence warrants" to obtain [...]
Officers can release police dogs on violent, fleeing suspects – but if a warning is feasible, skipping it can be a problem By Ken Wallentine for Police1 | police1.com CAMERON v. CITY OF DES MOINES, 2026 WL 535206 (8th Cir. 2026) Police dog cases often turn on timing – not just [...]
Friendly fire and constitutional force: How courts analyze missed targets By Ken Wallentine for Police1.com KILNAPP V. CITY OF CLEVELAND, 2026 WL 457597 (6th Cir. 2026) Early morning, a dark boarding house in Cleveland, Ohio. A report of an armed man who had already fired a shot inside the building. [...]
By Chief (Ret.) Ken Wallentine Case v. Montana, 2026 WL 96690 (2026) The Fourth Amendment places the home at the center of its protections, but it has never made the front door an impenetrable barrier. When officers confront credible information that an occupant may be seriously injured or facing imminent [...]
By Phillip Bantz for Law360.com Listen to article Law360 (January 20, 2026, 10:24 AM EST) -- The U.S. Supreme Court held in a unanimous opinion Tuesday that restitution is a criminal punishment subject to the Constitution's ban on increasing punishment retroactively. The government and the convicted bank robber in the case, Holsey Ellingburg Jr. of Georgia, [...]
CASE SUMMARIES Circuit Courts of Appeals Eighth Circuit United States v. Puckett, No. 24-1293 (8th Cir. 2025) Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper James Rorie stopped the defendant, Billy Puckett, for traffic violations. During the stop, Puckett disclosed his status as a registered sex offender due to a prior statutory rape [...]
Court holds an officer’s view through a motel curtain gap was not a Fourth Amendment search, clarifying curtilage and expectation of privacy By Ken Wallentine for Police1.com UNITED STATES V. WATKINS, 2025 WL 2907585 (10th Cir. 2025) Most of us have stayed in a motel where the curtains on [...]
CASE SUMMARIES Circuit Courts of Appeals Seventh Circuit United States v. Walker, 24-1522 (7th Cir. 2025) Officers executed an arrest warrant for Richard Walker at a home where he lived with his girlfriend, Ramona Paulette. Also living in the home was the couple’s son, Walker Jr., and Paulette’s mother, [...]
By Alexis Artwohl, Ph.D. [This article was originally published in The Tactical Edge, the professional publication of the National Tactical Officer’s Association (NTOA), and is reprinted with permission. ntoa.org] Confidentiality of debriefings is a concern, especially considering that debriefings with police officers may involve legally sensitive events such as officer-involved [...]
“To assess whether an officer acted reasonably in using force, a court must consider all … facts and events leading up to the climactic moment,” the majority opinion stated. By Joanna Putman for Police1.com The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that courts must consider the full context of police encounters, not just the [...]
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