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Case Law 4 Cops contains information on hundreds of court cases. These cases are important to officers and citizens alike. The cases cover what officers can and cannot do in several areas of law.
In Terry v. Ohio, 391 U.S. 1 (1968), the Supreme Court ruled that an officer may conduct a frisk when two conditions are present. First, the investigatory stop must be lawful, based on reasonable suspicion that the person detained is committing, is about to commit, or has committed, a crime.
Cops have to know their state and Supreme Court law and articulate how they apply the laws to the decisions they make out on the street. Here are five United States Supreme Court rulings that most cops know...and wish the American people did too.
This case, involving a brief encounter between a citizen and a police officer on a public street, is governed by Terry, under which an officer who has a reasonable, articulable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot may conduct a brief, investigatory stop.
United States v. Davis, No. 20-4035 (4th Cir. 2021) Officer Richardson stopped a car driven by Davis because he believed that the vehicle’s windows were tinted too dark. Davis had a history of felony drug charges and convictions. Other officers arrived.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of police officers in two cases involving qualified immunity, the controversial legal doctrine that protects police officers accused of misconduct.
Graham v. Connor: A claim of excessive force by law enforcement during an arrest, stop, or other seizure of an individual is subject to the objective reasonableness standard of the Fourth Amendment, rather than a substantive due process standard under the Fourteenth Amendment.
Riley v. California, 573 U.S. 373 (2014) Docket No. 13-132. Granted: January 17, 2014. Argued: April 29, 2014. Decided: June 25, 2014. Justia Summary. Riley was stopped for a traffic violation, which led to his arrest on weapons charges.
The U.S. Supreme Court has now decided Kansas v. Glover. Fourth Amendment. search and seizure. INVESTIGATORY STOPS. criminal law. Issues. Under the Fourth Amendment, can a police officer pull over a vehicle merely because its registered owner has a suspended driver’s license, even if the officer is unsure whether that owner is driving?
This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, the proper standard of liability applied to police high-speed driving incidents, the relevance of training and law enforcement policies in qualified-immunity cases, and whether the First Amendment protects the right to record police officers ...