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Police
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Australian Emergency Law
Statement of the law relating to PTSD claims by police and emergency services personnel
By M. Eburn
Caller v State of New South Wales (No 2) [2025] NSWDC 468 was a claim for compensation by a NSW Police officer. Former constable Caller alleged negligence by NSW Police leading to development…
Legal Theory Blog
Hunt on Virtue and Policing
Luke William Hunt (University of Alabama) has posted The Uses and Abuses of Virtue in Policing (Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy (2024)) on SSRN. Here is the bstract: The police…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Police Minimalism in Domestic Violence
By Tracy Thomas
Michal Buchhandler-Raphael, Police Minimalism in Domestic Violence, 57 Arizona State Law J (forthcoming 2025)The United States Supreme Court’s June 2024 decision in U.S. v. Rahimi upheld the constitutionality of the federal ban…
Criminal
World’s greatest (golf) driver gets (over?) charged for reckless driving on way to PGA Championship
I have been looking forward to spending my weekend mostly ignoring work while watching the PGA Championship to see if World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler could secure the second…
Lex Bona Fide Blogs
The Procedure for Filing FIR and the Criminal Investigation Process under CRPC
Introduction: The initiation of criminal proceedings often begins with the filing of a First Information Report (FIR), marking the inception of a thorough investigation into alleged offenses. Understanding the intricacies…
China Justice Observer
What Are Chinese Police Called? – China Law in One Minute
By Publisher
In China, the police are called the “people’s police” (Renmin Jingcha, 人民警察). The people’s police include policemen working in public security organs, State security organs, prisons and organs in…
Legal Innovators Blog
Listen, Speak, Act
We are again dealing with another tragic incident of excessive use of deadly force by police against aBlack man, this time firing seven shots into the back of Jacob…
The Right Coast
Protester who celebrated attack on LA deputies helped consult Mayor Garcetti on cultural competency | Daily Mail Online
A California activist who slammed the two Compton deputies shot on Saturday as 'two of America s most notorious gang members' and 'murderers' is a part of a group that…
On Point
Defense win! Police unlawfully extended seizure and searched purse during it
By Wisconsin State Public Defender
State v. Ashley L. Monn, 2019AP640-CR, 9/9/20, District 3, (1-judge opinion, ineligible for publication); case activity When police executed an arrest warrant for a man at his trailer home, they…
PrawfsBlawg
NBA players try a different peaceful protest (Updated Aug. 28)
Main Wednesday, August 26, 2020NBA players try a different peaceful protest (Updated Aug. 28)Vice President Pence's RNC speech this evening was to include criticisms of professional athletes for kneeling during…