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This recent case out of the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals deals with the age-old question – does activation of the overhead emergency lights signify a seizure thus invoking 4th Amendment protections? This appeal stemmed from a search which took […]

Prepared by the Legal Training Division at FLETC Circuit Court of Appeals First Circuit United States v. Hood, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 9817 (1st Cir. ME April 3, 2019) Federal agents opened an investigation into the transmission of child pornography

A case recently came out of the Supreme Court in which ruled against an Alaska man who argued police retaliated against him for exercising free speech. It has been three cases and nearly a decade in the making but the

The United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) has an interesting agenda on law enforcement topics for 2019. Some cases will assist law enforcement in their daily interactions with the community, and when conducting criminal investigations, others will cause controversy and could

In 2018, a case came out of the 7th Circuit1 involving a wrongful death lawsuit filed against two Neenah (WI) police officers who shot and killed Michael Funk, an armed hostage, during a 2015 armed standoff. Officers Craig Hoffer and

Prepared by the Legal Training Division at FLETC United States Supreme Court City of Escondido v. Emmons, 586 U.S. ___ (2019), 139 S. Ct. 500 Several police officers were dispatched to an apartment on a domestic violence call. The dispatcher

On any number of past cases we have discussed an officer’s use of force on a suspect and the court’s finding with respect to the officer’s use of force. In some cases, the courts have sided with the defendant officers

More and more states have legalized, to some degree, the consumption of marijuana. With that, many officers in those states have expressed their desire to “go green” as well. However, much to their chagrin, they are still prohibited from doing

In United States v. Davis1 the court looked at two primary issues. First, the court looked at the question of whether the officers conducted a proper motor vehicle inventory and, secondly, were there sufficient facts to prove beyond a reasonable