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Police officers who have been dishonest are sometimes referred to as "Brady cops." Because of the Brady ruling, prosecutors are required to notify defendants and their attorneys whenever a law enforcement official involved in their case has a sustained record for knowingly lying in an official capacity. [ 13 ]
Derogatory. Police officer or military police in Israel. Man, The Derogatory. Police officer or other government agent who has control, either by force or circumstance. Widely used in the United States, especially among African Americans and prisoners. Popular during the 1960s and 1970s by anti-establishment groups. [citation needed] Mata/Mata-Mata
The Jencks Act also covers other documents related to the testimony, or relied upon by government witnesses at trial. Typically, the material may consist of police notes, memoranda, reports, summaries, letters, related to an indictment or verbatim transcripts used by government agents or employees to testify at trial. [1]
It’s rare for the head of a police department to be placed on the “Brady” list. However, locally, it happened in 2021 when former Sheriff Jerry Hatcher was given that designation. Voters ...
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Support your local police. The four law enforcement officers recently killed while serving an arrest warrant in Charlotte, North Carolina, are a tragic reminder of how dangerous police work can be.
On March 27, 2007, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department was ordered to pay $1.48 million to settle a federal lawsuit alleging Las Vegas police gave special treatment to an officer's wife who hit and killed a bicyclist in 1994. The settlement ends 13 years of legal fighting that began shortly ...
Beacon Journal readers write about police uses of force, candidates' responses to racial bias, old-school Democrats, Trump rallies and more. Letters: Akron police need retraining in de-escalation ...