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Police Not Liable for Damage from Armored Vehicles, Explosives and Gas

2023-11-01T15:46:36+00:00

By Ken Wallentine for Lexipol Baker v. City of McKinney, 2023 WL 6619477 (5th Cir. 2023) Police were looking for Wesley Little, who was on the run with a 15-year-old girl. Little had successfully evaded police on a wild chase behind the wheel of a fast Corvette. He drove to Vicki Baker’s [...]

Police Not Liable for Damage from Armored Vehicles, Explosives and Gas2023-11-01T15:46:36+00:00

Qualified Immunity for Fatal Shooting Involving a Vehicle as a Weapon

2023-11-01T15:35:41+00:00

By Ken Wallentine for Lexipol Tousis v. Billiot, 2023 WL 6860926 (7th Cir. 2023) DEA agents suspected Gus Tousis of drug trafficking. An agent obtained a warrant to place a tracking device on Tousis’ car. The tracker transmitted the location of the car and the speed at which it was traveling. Agents [...]

Qualified Immunity for Fatal Shooting Involving a Vehicle as a Weapon2023-11-01T15:35:41+00:00

Supreme Court to consider right to counsel at initial hearings

2023-10-15T15:45:42+00:00

Missouri Supreme Court building (Karen Elshout/file photo) By Scott Lauck for molawyersmedia.com The Missouri Supreme Court is preparing to determine whether indigent defendants have a right to a lawyer at the earliest stage of their criminal cases. On Sept. 26, the high court accepted two cases addressing whether arraignments and [...]

Supreme Court to consider right to counsel at initial hearings2023-10-15T15:45:42+00:00

Heavy fanny pack, oddly carried, justified frisk

2023-10-05T22:44:29+00:00

This case encourages officers to accurately and painstakingly report all factors relied upon to conclude there was reasonable suspicion to detain and reasonable suspicion to frisk By Ken Wallentine for Police1.com UNITED STATES V. HAGOOD, 2023 WL 5597832 (2ND CIR. 2023) Two uniformed officers patrolling in an unmarked police car drove [...]

Heavy fanny pack, oddly carried, justified frisk2023-10-05T22:44:29+00:00

Officers Conducted Valid Terry Stop Even Though Guns Were Drawn

2023-08-12T02:58:33+00:00

By Ken Wallentine for Lexipol United States v. Childers, 2023 WL 4568831 (8th Cir. 2023) Officers responded to a report of shots fired near a park in an isolated, wooded area along the Minnesota River on Black Dog Road. One caller reported that three males, two described as black [...]

Officers Conducted Valid Terry Stop Even Though Guns Were Drawn2023-08-12T02:58:33+00:00

Smile For The Camera

2023-08-02T03:49:31+00:00

By Ken Wallentine for Lexipol lexipol.com United States v. Gaulden, 2023 WL 4541077 (5th Cir. 2023) YoungBoy Never Broke Again, or NBA YoungBoy, a convicted felon also known as Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, is a rapper whose company hired Marvin Ramsey to record Gaulden’s activities on video for promotional use [...]

Smile For The Camera2023-08-02T03:49:31+00:00

Community Corrections

2023-07-31T06:37:21+00:00

Overview Community corrections programs—also known as community supervision programs—oversee most adults under correctional supervision through probation or parole in the United States. Agencies or courts with the legal authority to enforce sanctions administer these programs. Transitioning back into the community following a period of incarceration can be challenging for [...]

Community Corrections2023-07-31T06:37:21+00:00

Jacket tossed onto (not into) a garbage can was not abandoned

2023-06-21T16:33:42+00:00

By Ken Wallentine for Police1.com Law Enforcement and the Law Police conducted a warrantless search of the suspect’s property; the question before the court: Was the property abandoned? Jun 13, 2023 This article was featured in Lexipol's Xiphos newsletter, a monthly legal-focused law enforcement newsletter authored by Ken Wallentine. Subscriptions are [...]

Jacket tossed onto (not into) a garbage can was not abandoned2023-06-21T16:33:42+00:00

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