As an officer of the law, it is your duty and your right to protect and serve your community. But what happens if you find yourself in a potential situation of domestic violence that is happening behind a closed and […]

Children and young adults seem particularly susceptible to sextortion—when a victim is threatened with the release of private and sensitive information unless sexual favors, nude photos, or other demands are met. But two unrelated cyberstalking crimes committed months apart and

Case Summaries – Prepared by the Legal Training Division at FLETC Circuit Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit United States v. Pyles, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 26238 (6th Cir. KY Sep. 17, 2018) A Kentucky State trooper noticed a car traveling

Reports can seem like a tedious and time-consuming part of policing that you try to push off as long as possible, but sometimes report review and documentation can make all the difference. In a recent Federal District Court case, U.S.

Over the past several years, law enforcement has endured a tremendous amount of external scrutiny.  As part of that scrutiny, we have heard discussions on the difference between “warrior policing” and “guardian policing.”  We have focused on identifying “internal” and “external” procedural justice to

Prepared by the Legal Training Division at FLETC Circuit Court of Appeals Second Circuit United States v. Santillan, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 23962 (2d Cir. N.Y. Aug. 24, 2018) Santillan was a passenger in a car that Rivera was driving