Questions tagged [law-enforcement]
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FOIA or subpoena for a county sheriff's department?
Let's say a county law enforcement officer, such as a sheriff's deputy, says to Jeff "we know a lot about you."
How would Jeff go about finding out what the sheriff's department "knows&...
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Can a law enforcement officer's testimony be hearsay?
Let's say a sheriff's deputy interviews a witness and on the basis of the information in that interview issues a citation for a statewide misdemeanor to Individual A. The witness's account is not ...
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How long can state or local police retain property or money seized through civil forfeiture before transferring it to the relevant federal agency?
I recently watched the film Rebel Ridge (2024), where local police unjustly seized the protagonist's money under suspicion of being drug currency. Initially, I thought this was just fictional movie ...
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If one is arrested, but has a baby/pet in their house, what are they supposed to do?
Rob steps out of his house real quick to commit a robbery, and the police stop him and bring him into the station and put him in jail, pending a trial. But Rob has a 6-month old baby at home, or ...
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What proportion of detention time is spent by innocent people? [closed]
The time spent by prisoners in any form of detention is easily found in national statistics. For instance, most EU countries answered the 2022 SPACE I survey. Hence, from the report, I can find (p.48, ...
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Is there such a thing as specific agents/officers legally pursuing international criminals across borders?
This is a continuance of this question regarding Interpol.
The answer to that question left a hole; who's going to be the international pursuer in the classic, world-wide cat-and-mouse game? It is a ...
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To what degree can Interpol agents take part in an international pursuit?
I wonder to what degree Interpol agents can take part in the pursuit of an international fugitive. The whole reason Interpol exists is precisely because one country's authorities cannot simply pursue ...
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What constitutes entrapment? [duplicate]
I was just remembering a movie scene where 2 undercover cops knock on a man's door asking to buy drugs and and he sells it to them. In the end he is arrested and convicted. I'm no expert but I thought ...
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is there a limit of speed cops can go on a high speed pursuit?
Let's have the following scenario, where a police officer is trying to pull a car over, but the car decides to try to run away. HOW fast is the police officer legally allowed to go when chasing the ...
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Can authorities pursue you across state lines for something that's illegal in their state but legal in the other state?
As an example, in Arizona, one is free to own many types of firearms without a license, whereas such things are heavily restricted in California.
The cops in California receive video evidence of Bob ...
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Can a city police officer leave the city to pursue someone who commits a traffic offense within city limits?
If I commit a traffic offense in the city and a city cop observes this, and I then leave the city, can the city officer continue the pursuit, or must they terminate the pursuit at the city limits?
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Speed enforced by radar - why the extra verbiage
Jurisdiction NYC.
Sample speed limit sign.
+-------------+
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| Speed Limit |
| NN |
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| Enforced by |
| radar |
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Are on-duty officers allowed to lie about their identity?
This is a follow-up to this question. In it, I talk about how I see it as problematic that the identities of LEOs investigating an active case can be publicized. If that case concerns a serial killer, ...
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Is it legal to release the identities of investigators of an active case?
I first want to preface this by saying what I don't know regarding preliminary details:
I don't know whether there are public records of all the police officers and detectives working at a precinct.
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The spectrum of legality
I've always envisioned "legality" as a spectrum, with the label of completely illegal at one end, and the label of strictly legal at the other end. In the middle, I see different levels of ...
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Must the interrogation stop when the right to counsel has been invoked?
Do police officers have to stop an interrogation when right to counsel has been invoked by a suspect or can they continue the questioning like nothing has happened?
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Would you have a recourse if law enforcement listened to your priveledge conversations with legal council?
Of course if they listened to your conversation with your attorney the "fruit of the poisonous tree" doctrine would apply, but could you actually sue them if they did it? Do you have a right ...
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When does an officer's discretion end, and where does an officer's duty begin?
User6726's answer to this question seemed to imply that an officer's discretion was endless; that no matter what the situation, they could always decide not to intervene. That seems highly unlikely to ...
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What can someone do when scammed in the crypto world? How to report the scam and recover your crypto?
Do the police work against scammers and fraudster in the crypto world?
How can someone report to law enforcement a fraud in crypto space?
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Why couldn’t declaratory reliefs in U.S. courts be used as a way forward to stop law-enforcement violence and overturn “qualified immunity”?
Summary of judgement is easier to achieve for civil remedies against claims against the law enforcement since a very narrow construction is used for a wrong having to match the facts of a previously ...
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Are law enforcers allowed to kill killers and why?
One solution to killing is the use of force to prevent the killer from killing. During the process of using preventive force, the enforcers are sometimes left with no option but to kill the killer. In ...
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Almost stabbed to death, what tools do the detective squad have to catch this guy?
I was attacked a few days ago and was almost stabbed to death. The suspect got away, as the first squad car came. Fueled by adrenaline, I sprinted towards the first squad car to get their attention ...
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Can internet searches get someone placed on a watchlist/arrested?
This is a hypothetical. I watched a YouTube video of a woman who was visited by the police after her husband made searches on Google for pressure cookers. Someone responded by saying that's unlikely ...
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Ahmaud Arbery defendants invoke Georgia State Law as a Defense in Federal Court
It is my understanding that three defendants face a Federal hate crime involving the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery.
In April 2021, all three men were indicted on federal charges of one
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Does the source of DNA have a bearing on the legality of a search?
If you give your DNA to one of those Geanology sites could law enforcement try and subpoena that DNA to use against you if they don't have probable cause for a warrant for your DNA or would the issue ...
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Can the police enter a property?
Suppose that Police officers came to the home address of a person A, looking for a person B who does not reside at our address. Suppose B is the adult child of A. Can they still enter the premises to ...
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Federal bright-line forbidding shooting a non-threatening fleeing suspect?
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Re: Woman shot by school safety officer to be disconnected from life support
The school safety officer had responded to an "off-campus" incident,
Chris Eftychiou, public ...
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What rights and responsibilities exist with respect to mobile phone use and arrest?
It is in the news today that Wayne Couzens made an unlawful arrest of Sarah Everard in the process of her murder. If one found oneself in a situation where this was a possibility an obvious solution ...
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If my electronic devices are searched, can a police officer use my ideas?
On my phone, I have many different ideas for startups, books, and other creative endeavours. Most of them are probably (or certainly) worthless, but a few have some potential. As I understand it, ...
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Does the jurisdiction of a LEO end at an easement?
I'm curious about this video (TYRANT ALERT PHOTOG ATTACKED BY FEDERAL AGENTS - MICHAEL HODSON U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PATROL) of a federal LEO (law enforcement officer) who is egregiously assaulting/...
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What is it called when a suspect is questioned without their lawyer?
To elaborate, I know it is illegal for authorities to question a suspect when their lawyer isn’t present. Is this a crime or just illegal? If it is a crime, what is it called?
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Are local police obligated to enforce a law if they know about it? [duplicate]
If a local police officer knows that a law exists and is familiar with its details, and they observe or otherwise become aware that said law is being broken, and they have the resources, means, ...
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What legal recourse do citizens have when law enforcement refuse to address crimes for political reasons?
This is a bit of follow-up to this situation, although the question is different and things got much worse.
According to a recent poll, 40% of San Francisco residents are considering moving out of the ...
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PD Vs SO Vs ST. What is this all about?
I have read alot about this and have gotten so many mixed answers, I have a headache.
Does the Sheriffs Office command over City Police, and do the State Troopers command over Both of them? I know the ...
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Can law enforcement dig up endangered plants to recover evidence of a crime?
According to this meme if you bury a body underneath an endangered plant, it is then illegal for law enforcement to dig up the body. Is this true?
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When is a web-site owner obligated to report a crime?
Suppose someone operates a web-based forum where users can post information for other users to view. While not a mandated reporter as defined by the state the operator lives in, the site users come ...
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Is it legal for undercover cops to pose as your friends?
I recently saw a video on YouTube about a kid who was arrested after "selling" weed to an undercover cop who was pretending to be his friend at school, what I found even worse was that the kid had ...
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Is it legal to drink alcohol in public in Penn Station, New York?
In the central concourse of Penn Station there are four or five deli counters advertising and selling draft beer. It is served in a large plastic cup with a straw. There is no place to sit in the deli ...
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