The Supreme Court decision in Barnes v. Felix eliminates the “moment of the threat” doctrines and not only allows, but calls for the application of the totality of the circumstances approach in determining the reasonableness of police use of force decisions, including the actions leading to the actual use of force.
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LEO LAW Legal Update for the week ending October 11, 2024
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Broadcast Blue – Search and seizure legal update podcast from LEO LAW.
For the week ending June 14, 2024
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In this 60-minute podcast, host Bruce-Alan Barnard from LEA ONE provides an in-depth analysis of the Fifth Circuit decision in Villareal v. City of Laredo et al decided on November 1, 2021.
In this case, the Fifth Circuit denied qualified immunity to officers who made an arrest under an arrest warrant because the statute under which the arrest was made was deemed to be unconstitutional after the arrest. The court held that, notwithstanding the fact that no court had ever declared the statute unconstitutional and a neutral magistrate issued an arrest warrant under the statute, the officers should have independently determined that the statute was unconstitutional and not made the arrest.
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In this 30-minute podcast, retired FLETC Senior Legal Instructor Bruce-Alan Barnard explains this important Supreme Court decision regarding the Community Caretaking Exception and what it means for police welfare checks and Red Flag laws.
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In this episode, host Bruce-Alan Barnard analyzes the 7th Circuit decision in United States v. Davis providing an explanation of the judicially-recognized exception for Search Incident to Arrest.
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Torres v. Madrid – LEA ONE Supreme Court Update
This 5-3 decision defines what constitutes a Fourth Amendment seizure by force.
The decision was out on the 25th and we had the video and podcasts produced in 24 hours!
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LEA ONE Director Bruce-Alan Barnard takes a look at the law governing consent searches. LEA ONE provides legal training you can TRUST!
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Bruce-Alan Barnard provides a historical overview of the development of the Fourth Amendment.
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Broadcast Blue host Bruce-Alan Barnard is joint by Poppi Ritacco, JD, LLM who is currently a lecturer at the University of Pittsburg and is also a former FLETC Senior Legal Instructor. Bruce and Poppi have a candid discussion about Qualified Immunity and then take a look at the Colorado statute abolishing qualified immunity for Colorado law enforcement officers.
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