Tag: Laws & Legal

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court held Monday that the Constitution's Second Amendment restrains government's ability to significantly limit "the right to keep and bear arms," advancing a recent trend by ...

Bay Area law enforcement officials are mobilizing as a Los Angeles jury is poised to deliver a verdict in the trial of former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, charged with ...

Recently, a federal appeals court addressed the issue of questioning suspects on topics not related to the original reason for the contact or traffic stop when the questioning prolongs the ...

Editor's Note: The whole country is paying attention to the Henry Gates arrest. The president says the cops performed stupidly. Was this over-reaction by a racist cop or a legitimate ...

The following scenario is not at all uncommon for a street officer: You conduct a traffic stop of a truck matching the description of a vehicle that was involved in ...

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court decided a case that con­­sidered the danger­ous realities of police work and citizens’ rights not to be subjected to limited, albeit unlawful, searches. In Arizona ...

On Nov. 14, 2008, a circuit court judge in Meade County, South Dakota granted a motion from four law enforcement officers to dismiss criminal charges against them for carrying concealed ...

It s no surprise criminals are becoming more savvy; when law enforcement develops tools to combat criminal activity, criminals develop new ways to overcome those tools. This is no less ...

In general, police officers are afforded the same constitutional protections as the public. That is, officers are entitled to be free from unlawful discrimination in their employment and are afforded ...

It goes without saying that to stop a vehicle, police officers must have a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity. This standard is so low that a traffic stop for a ...