Archive for the ‘Legal Issues’ Category
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011
Listed below are two PDF files that are issued by the State Department that can be downloaded by clicking on the links. The first link, Department of State Identity Documents and License Plates, contains samples of identity documents and license plates that are used by legitimate diplomats. In addition, ...
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Friday, October 14th, 2011
U.S. v. Burleson, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 18820, September 12, 2011
Shortly before midnight, while patrolling a residential neighborhood, an officer saw three men come out of an alley and begin walking down the middle of the street. One of the men was carrying a pit bull without a leash. The ...
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Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
Dr. Jack Call of Radford University, located in Radford, VA, has been kind enough to allow me to re-publish an article he wrote concerning legal issues pertaining to fleeing subjects in high crime areas. As usual, Dr. Call's article is very insightful and practical for the cop on the ...
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
The National Labor Relations Board filed a complaint against American Medical Response after the company fired an employee who criticized her supervisor on Facebook. This is the first time the Labor Board has taken the side of an employee by contending comments made on a social networking site are ...
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
In this case, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled that a positive alert on a vehicle by a trained narcotics detection dog, combined with the subsequent fruitless searches of the vehicle, the driver, and two other passengers, does not provide sufficient particularized probable cause to allow a search of the only ...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
Years ago, while working an off-duty job in an apartment complex, I discovered a subject sitting in a vehicle on the property. The vehicle did not have a decal identifying it as a vehicle that belonged to a resident so I approached the vehicle and asked the occupant for ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
I have been remiss in posting this recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. I think, as mentioned by the Charlottesville, VA Commonwealth Attorney, the operational policies of most jurisdictions will not be impacted by this ruling. However, agencies who do not adhere to a policy of not interviewing defendants ...
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Saturday, April 25th, 2009
The Virgina Association of Chiefs of Police has issued the following additional commentary concerning Arizona v. Gant.
In Arizona v. Gant decided by the United States Supreme Court this week, there is a sentence in the majority opinion which is creating a misconception by the media as well as numerous law ...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
As of July 1, 2008, the Virginia laws that dictate the procedures that permit a sexual assault victim to receive a Physical Evidence Recovery Kit (PERK) examination at a health care facility have changed. The amended law does not require the prior approval from the criminal justice system. ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
The 2008 Virginia General Assembly passed HB1117 that permits the revocation of an ABC license if the licensee has allowed his premises to become a meeting place or rendezvous for members of a criminal street gang, as defined in
COV § 18.2-46.1.
You can read about this and other legislative changes in ...
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
The 2008 Virginia General Assembly passed HB1480 that requires a locality to allow a deputy sheriff injured in the line of duty to use accrued vacation, compensatory, and sick leave to supplement his workers’ compensation allowance, so as to receive 100 percent compensation.
It also requires the locality to continue to ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
We are pleased to announce the availability of our new on-line Legal Updates 2008 course.
This course meets the DCJS legal in-service training requirements.
It is also available to any agency so call for pricing details - 540.797.3853
There is even better news for those academies that run their own on-line training systems. ...
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
The 2008 Virginia General Assembly passed HB1311 that authorizes any consumer to freeze access to his credit report. If a consumer has placed a freeze on his credit report, a consumer reporting agency is prohibited from releasing the credit report, or any information in it, without the consumer's express authorization. ...
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
The 2008 Virginia General Assembly passed HB1395 that requires the Department of State Police, local law-enforcement agencies and campus police departments establish written policies and procedures regarding response to incidents involving sexual assault.
DCJS is directed to provide law-enforcement agencies with technical support and assistance in developing the policies and procedures ...
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