Over the past few decades law enforcement has seen the proliferation of cameras and audio recording devices as well as the impact these devices have upon operations. More than 20 years ago, everyone in law enforcement watched the video of [...]
©2011 Jack Ryan, Attorney, PATC Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.llrmi.com)2011 U.S. Supreme Court J.D.B. v. North Carolina Law Enforcement Removal of Child from Classroom for Questioning may be Custody for Miranda Purposes In J.D.B. v. North Carolina, [i] the United States [...]
©2011 Jack Ryan, Attorney, PATC Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.llrmi.com) 2011 U.S. Supreme Court Sykes v. United States In Sykes v. United States, [i] the United States Supreme Court considered a sentencing case that may have some implications on how law [...]
©2011 Jack Ryan, Attorney, PATC Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.llrmi.com)2011 U.S. Supreme Court Bullcoming v. New Mexico Confrontation Clause Gives Defendant Right to Confront the Analyst who analyzed his Blood in Operating while Intoxicated Case. Over the last [...]
©2011 Jack Ryan, Attorney, PATC Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.llrmi.com)2011 U.S. Supreme Court ~ Davis v. United States Evidence Seized in Incident to Arrest Automobile Searches before Rules were changed in Arizona v. Gant is not Subject to Exclusion In [...]
©2011 Jack Ryan, Attorney, PATC Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.llrmi.com)Barnes v. State of Indiana A recent case from the Indiana Supreme Court has stirred some controversy and has been heralded by some as a major defeat for the [...]
©2011 Jack Ryan, Attorney, PATC Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.llrmi.com) Kentucky v. King, U.S. Supreme Court, May 16, 2011 Law Enforcement does not violate the Fourth Amendment simply by creating exigency. Exigency which violates the Fourth Amendment occurs only [...]
©2011 Jack Ryan, Attorney, PATC Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (www.llrmi.com) Snyder v. Phelps What does the Westboro Baptist Church Case Mean to Law Enforcement? A new case from the United States Supreme Court has led some law enforcement officials [...]
©2011 Jack Ryan, Attorney, Legal & Liability Risk Management Institute (LLRMI.COM) Investigators and Prosecutors Must Look At Totality of Circumstances Surrounding Statement. In the first case this term impacting law enforcement operations, the United States Supreme Court further analyzed the [...]
On October 12, 2009, Taser® International issued a training bulletini dealing with the potential impact of Taser® on events ending in cardiac arrest. Although the bulletin details the unlikely prospect of a Taser® deployment leading to cardiac arrest, it does raise [...]