©2010 Jack Ryan, Attorney, Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (llrmi.com), Bryan v. MacPherson, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 12511 (June 18, 2010) A case which got tremendous media attention when first issued by the United States Court of Appeals in December of [...]
©2010 Jack Ryan, Attorney, Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (llrmi.com). Two of the more significant issues when dealing with law enforcement’s use of deadly force are first, how will the court analyze the totality of circumstances, and second, how does the [...]
©2010 Jack Ryan, Attorney, Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (llrmi.com), Bryan v. MacPherson, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 12511 (June 18, 2010) A case which got tremendous media attention when first issued by the United States Court of Appeals in December of [...]
In Turney v. Waterbury, 375 F.3d 756 (8th Cir. 2005) the United States Court of Appeal for the 8th Circuit reviewed a case in which Sheriff Watebury, of the Bennett County, South Dakota Sheriff’s Department was sued in his official and individual [...]
Bull v. San Francisco, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 2684 (9th Cir. en banc February 9, 2010). Courts holds Policy that Allows Strip Search of All Persons Admitted into Custodial Housing (General Population) is Reasonable Under the Fourth Amendment The United [...]
You are viewing an article from the 9th Circuit Self-surrenders are those persons who have been previously sentenced and are turning themselves in for incarceration. A number of courts have held that these persons may be strip searched since they [...]
Note (December 2009): This case may be appealed and at this point is applicable law in jurisdictions covered by the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Note (June 2010) - This case has been updated, Click Here to View [...]
You are viewing an article from the 9th Circuit Classification of arrestees upon entry into a jail is an important aspect of safety and security of the jail, its staff, and other prisoners. Many of the cases which raise issues [...]
“Emergency Aid Exception” “Officers do not need ironclad proof of ‘a likely serious, life-threatening’ ’injury to invoke the emergency aid exception.” In a decision this week [2009] the United States Supreme Court further clarified law enforcement’s entry into a home based [...]
PAGE 2 THE LEGAL REALITY As pointed out by TASER™ International in Training Bulletin #15, it is virtually impossible to replicate a study reflecting the impact of TASER™ ECD on the type of person law enforcement may come into contact [...]