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Case Law Update
March 21, 2023
A private person videotaping law enforcement officers in public, while the officers are in the performance of their duties, is a First Amendment right. As such, a state statute attempting to criminalize the act of videotaping an officer while acting in the performance of his or her duties is unconstitutional.
Special/Annual Update
March 19, 2023
UPDATED MARCH, 2023: This article covers options available to law enforcement when a private citizen seeks to record, videotape, or photograph a law enforcement officer while the officer is acting in the performance of his or her duties and whether a law enforcement officer has the legal authority to seize from private…
Case Law Update
March 12, 2023
Impounding and conducting an inventory search of an arrestee’s vehicle is lawful only if in compliance with the Community Caretaking Doctrine and an agency’s inventory search policies.
Editorial
March 12, 2023
Gov’t. Code § 3304(d)(1) of the Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act provides for a one-year statute of limitation, measured from the date of the alleged violation without taking into consideration any other over-lapping violations.
Special/Annual Update
March 12, 2023
This annual subscribers-only compendium of Fourth Amendment and search and seizure issues includes concise but detailed discussion of the most important guidelines you need. Whether you’re an officer, investigator, an attorney preparing for a motion, or a judge deciding a Fourth Amendment issue, you will find this resource…
Case Law Update
March 04, 2023
Seizing a key from a suspect’s belt loop which is unrelated to the cause of the detention and using that key in an unrelated investigation violates the Fourth Amendment.
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