Legal Updates/Patrol
This self-paced, P.O.S.T.-approved course consists of 10 short modules covering legal cases and their impact on law enforcement.
California Cannabis Laws & Vehicle Searches
This course will address California’s cannabis laws, including cultivation, possession, transport, search and seizure. Modules will also cite legal cases and precedence relating to previous and current cannabis laws.
Death penalty case rules on photo lineups, ID’s, Miranda, Sixth Amendment, Speedy Trial, Racial Justice
This activity explores critical aspects of criminal procedure, including California laws on photo lineups, in-court identifications, Miranda rights, a defendant’s right to testify under the Sixth Amendment, speedy trial protections, and the California Racial Justice Act of 2020
Speech, the First Amendment, and Time, Place and Manner Restrictions in Public Spaces
Whether a person may constitutionally exercise his or her constitutional First Amendment free speech (or California Speech Clause) rights at a specific location depends upon whether the location at issue is recognized as a public forum
Prolonged Detentions: Be careful Not to Stray from the “Mission of the Traffic Stop”
Diverting from the “mission of the traffic stop” to investigate other possible criminal violations for which there is no reasonable suspicion may convert an otherwise lawful traffic stop into an illegally prolonged detention
Consent Searches When Tenants’ Wishes Conflict, and When a Suspect is “Present” to Object
When two co-tenants are present at a residence, one of whom consents and the other objects to police officers entering and searching their residence, the objecting co-tenant’s objection takes precedence
Disturbing the Peace and Refusing to Identify
Key legal issues related to law enforcement conduct, including disturbing the peace, obstruction of officers, wrongful arrests, identification refusals, misdemeanor arrest limitations, civil liability, qualified immunity, and the legal standards established in Monell v. Department of Social Services for federal civil rights claims