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Friday, July 22, 2016

At slain Baton Rouge officer’s funeral, calls for respect and unity

By Michael Kunzelman Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — When protests erupted here over a black man's killing during a struggle with two white police officers, Baton Rouge police officer Matthew …
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Baltimore Chief Wants State to Relax Restrictions on Past Marijuana Use for Recruits

Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis wants to relax a hiring policy for police officers in Maryland that disqualifies applicants for past marijuana use, saying it is “fundamentally inconsistent with where we are as a society” and hurts local hiring efforts.

Davis will lead a committee to review the current standard of the Maryland Police Training Commission, which sets hiring policy for law enforcement in the state. Police applicants are disqualified from becoming officers if they have used marijuana more than 20 times in their lives or five times since turning 21 years old, the Baltimore Sun reports.

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Expression of Opinion on Police Deaths and Police Brutality Leads to House Search; Arrest

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BREAKING NEWS: Baton Rouge Police Arrest Protesters Who Were Legally Rallying On PRIVATE Property

Police just arrested protesters in Baton Rouge after a homeowner legally invited them to have a rally on her property.

The police should not have been permitted to step foot on the property, but they not only trespassed, they arrested dozens who were legally invited to rally on the private property.

A video clip of the mass arrest was posted by local CBS News correspondent David Begnaud. In it, we can clearly see that the woman who hosted the protest explained she was “stunned” when officers moved onto her private property and told protesters to disperse.

They had no legal right to do this, and put quite simply: the act was unconstitutional.

Immediately after the protesters began to leave her property – following the unlawful order – and moved onto sidewalks, officers began arresting them because they claimed the protesters were going to block the nearby interstate highway if they didn’t.

“I’m very upset,” the homeowner told CBS News. “I’m stunned at the behavior of police officers that utilized, from what I understand, the ability to take someone that I guess they targeted that was actually on the street, to bombard my yard and bombard my house.”

The private property protest had been peaceful and confined to the home-owner’s property for around 90 minutes.

The Daily Beast reports that when officers showed up in riot gear and began illegally moving in, many protesters scattered.

But the majority of protesters stayed and yelled at the officers that they were trespassing on private property.

But the police justified their illegal aggressive behavior by stating that it was legal since they had “probable cause” that the protesters had been planning to march down to the highway and form a blockade.

They said that a mass arrest on the private property would preempt this action as well as police blocking off the interstate ramps themselves, local news station WWLV reports.

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Thursday, July 21, 2016

Signaling Tracker for Firearms?

The new STF is being developed at Virginia's Radford University

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The M110 155mm WP projectile is used for target marking, signaling, and screening purposes. The shells also have a secondary incendiary effect.

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Arlington TX Cop Kills Black Partner, Mojo

They can call it whatever they want, but Officer Ramsour of the Arlington Police Department killed his K9 partner, Mojo. Not with a gun or some other weapon, or even his hands, but by allowing Mojo to continue to try to please him when the scorching heat begged for extreme caution. A dead K9, and in all likelihood, Officer Ramsour will see no consequences for his actions. More likely, he will treated as an innocent victim.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Do cops need personal liability insurance?

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By Megan Wells, PoliceOne Contributor

Law enforcement officers have different insurance needs than civilians. It comes with the high-risk, high-touch job. There is a gray area when it comes to legal assistance and personal liability. If an officer is sued, does the department cover these costs, or will the officer be responsible?

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There are countless circumstances where law enforcement professionals can come under scrutiny, and in many cases they can be held accountable for any misconduct, negligence and other professional errors. When the police fail to perform their duties or do so negligently, abuse their power, or use excessive force, officers may be liable for any damages that result of real or perceived transgressions. One thing however, that police personnel are not generally able to be held accountable for is the failure to protect one individual or their property from another. There is no official constitutional duty to protect one average citizen from another, and while police officials do their best to ensure public safety there are only two circumstances when law enforcement can be held legally responsible for any failure to protect an individual.

These two circumstances are referred to as the special-relationship and the state-created danger situations. If alleged and proven, either of these claims may establish that an officer or division in question had the constitutional duty to protect the wronged individuals..

The Special Relationship theory surrounds the notion that when police take an individual into custody, they consequently assume the responsibility to take reasonable steps to provide for the individual’s safety and well-being against known and foreseeable risks. This kind of claim is often made against corrections officials, but it may also be made against local police who interact with individuals in custody. A common example is that arresting officers have a responsibility to place the arrested party in the vehicle and secure their seatbelt in the event that the detainee cannot do so for themselves. Should an officer fail to do so and the individual is injured as a result, the arresting officer can be held liable for any injuries or damages suffered by the individual in custody.

The more common allegations of failure to protect come from claims based on the “state-created danger” theory of liability. These claims allege that someone who was not in police custody suffered injury or death from another individual or a natural hazard as a result of police action or inaction. When police or law enforcement personnel become involved in an incident and their action or errors place an individual or group of individuals in even greater peril, police could face liability for creating that greater danger.

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