[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Johnson v. McCarver, 2019 (8th Cir. 2019) Tom Johnson, a defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings (at the time of the...
No Right to Sue Under HIPAA When Police Receive Hospital Blood Test
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Stewart v. Parkview Hospital, 940 F.3d 1013 (7th Cir. 2019) Tyquan Stewart crashed his car while driving under the...
Handcuffs as a De-escalation Tool, Not a De Facto Arrest
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]United States v. Eatman, 2019 (7th Cir. 2019) An apartment security guard called police after Micha Eatman’s girlfriend...
Broken Faith: Former Cop Spends 13 Years Locked Up Due to Bungling Prosecutor and Lying Witness
Camm v. Faith, 937 F.3d 1096 (7th Cir. 2019)
No Custody, Hence No Miranda Warning Required, Despite 85-Minute Detention and Questioning
Colorado v. Davis, 2019 (Colo. 2019)
Vehicle Color Discrepancy on Registration Provided Reasonable Suspicion for Stop
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]State v. Hawkins, 2019 (Ohio 2019) An officer was completing a traffic stop when the vehicle’s automatic license plate...
First and Last Use of Force Reasonable, But What About the Force In Between?
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Jackson v. Stair, 938 F.3d 966 (8th Cir. 2019) Officers were called to a tire shop where Charles Jackson was arguing...
Be Proactive: Preparing for Arrest-Related Death Investigations
Agencies can combine best practice and the latest science to achieve more accurate rulings
Parking Lot Strip Search Unlawful
The search was unreasonable in both scope and manner.
Unnecessary Bathroom Chaperone Was Intrusion of Bodily Privacy
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Ioane v. Hodges, 2018 (9th Cir. 2019) Over 13 years ago (who says that justice isn’t speedy?), Internal Revenue Service...
Officers Not Required to Wait for Knife-Wielding Suspect to Close Within 21-Feet
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]Buchanan v. City of San Jose, 2019 (9th Cir. 2019) A caller alerted a 911 operator that an unknown man armed with a...
Another Case of Tight Handcuffs Leading to Potential Liability
[vc_section css=".vc_custom_1540328728009{padding-top: 3em !important;padding-bottom: 3em !important;}" el_class="container"][vc_column width="2/3"]McGrew v. Duncan, 2019 (6th Cir. 2019) Over the past year, Lexipol's Xiphos newsletter has featured several court...