Legal
The Legal topic page on Police1 is a must-read for any officer, at any agency, who wants to stay up-to-date on the latest news. Every trial, verdict and court decision that has to do with cops will be covered on this page.
Each president and Congress can make life a little easier or more difficult for cops, and sometimes it’s a guessing game as to which way the new guys will lean
The Supreme Court recently agreed to hear Barnes v. Felix, a case that could redefine how officers’ split-second decisions are judged
The officer was driving at a “high rate of speed” when his police car struck a Dodge Durango that was turning left at an intersection
The jury found SIG Sauer defectively designed the P320, was negligent in selling it and showed reckless indifference to the rights of others in the distribution of the pistol
Two of the five firearms purchased were used to shoot Burnsville Police Officers Paul Elmstrand and Matthew Ruge and Firefighter-Paramedic Adam Finseth
Shawn Stines was sheriff of Letcher County when police said he walked into District Judge Kevin Mullins’ chambers, spoke with the judge and then opened fire
The suspect, who was arrested for DUI earlier in the day, returned to the Northwest Regional police station with a handgun and pointed it at officers
After the traffic stop, the man searched online for info about the trooper who pulled him over; he eventually found an address for the trooper’s childhood home
Former officer Amber Guyger said she mistook Botham Jean’s apartment for her own in the 2018 fatal shooting
A jury found that the 11-year NYPD veteran had a secret life as the close confidant to the leader of a drug ring that smuggled hundreds of kilos of cocaine into New York City
Wash. officer severely injured in 2023 motorcycle crash during motorcade files lawsuit against state
Bellevue Officer Kevin Bereta has recently returned to light duty more than a year after he collided with a guardrail and fell 30 feet from an overpass
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In the lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court, the daughters claimed that the agencies were aware of and were involved in the assassination plot and failed to stop the killing
Legislators are planning to introduce a bill that would create a “law enforcement arm” within the cannabis oversight agency of the state Regulation and Licensing Department
The man was sentenced days after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of Anthony Ferguson, an 11-year-veteran of the Alamogordo Police Department
The Barnes v. Felix case brings a federal circuit split to the Supreme Court, challenging whether deadly force should be judged at the “moment of threat” or under a broader “totality of circumstances” approach
The woman died of natural causes while in the custody of Harper Woods Police; the court ruled there wasn’t enough evidence to show officers were “grossly negligent”
The city of Los Angeles has stated that most officers were not in high-risk situations when their information was mistakenly included in a public records release
The House passed the Social Security Fairness Act to remove penalties on police and other public servants with separate pensions
“The organization involved showed a blatant disregard for [the law] and we will prove that once this investigation is over,” New Mexico State Police Chief Troy Weisler said
The Rocky Mountain Gun Owners organization and two individuals filed the lawsuit against Gov. Jared Polis in 2023, saying the law infringed on their Second Amendment rights
A jury found Ismael Herrera-Mondello guilty of five counts of attempted murder on a police officer, seven counts of assault on a police officer and felony evasion of police
Court rules that the deputy acted reasonably when fatally shooting wounded prone suspect who fled after shooting another officer
The agreement, previously nullified by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, would spare Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants the risk of the death penalty
Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat stated that the lack of paid overtime options has cost the department at least 60 employees
Former Regional Transportation District Chief Joel Fitzgerald alleged that agency leaders knew of “racial animus” against him yet retaliated when he filed a complaint
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled in 2021 that a $3 fee was unconstitutional; since then, pensions have been paid through reserves, which are steadily decreasing
California approved measures to make shoplifting a felony on the second offense and to increase penalties for certain drug-related crimes
While we don’t know what we will wake up to on Nov. 6, we must focus on professionalism, choosing to help, not acting as accelerant
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