Showing posts with label Use of Force. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Use of Force. Show all posts
Friday, August 31, 2018

KFBK Talk Radio Host John McGinness Interviews David E. Mastagni on AB 931

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KFBK Talk Radio Host John McGinness interviewed Mastagni Holstedt partner David E. Mastagni on August 30, 2018 about AB 931 , the proposed...
Friday, April 6, 2018

Supreme Court Clarifies Qualified Immunity Applies to Use of Force When Protecting Third Parties

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  On April 2, 2018, the United States Supreme Court clarified that peace officers are permitted to use deadly force in order to protect thi...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Santa Clara Correctional Officer Vindicated in Mistrial Over Use of Force

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On Tuesday, July 25, Santa Clara County Correctional Officer Tim Tri was vindicated when a jury voted 11-1 to acquit him in a use of force c...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Supreme Court Overturns 9th Circuit Anti-Officer Use of Force Rule

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In County of Los Angeles v. Mendez et al. , the United States Supreme Court overruled the Ninth Circuit to put an end to a rule that let pe...
Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Ninth Circuit Clarifies Standards for Reasonable Force

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In Lowry v. City of San Diego , the Ninth Circuit clarified some of the standards for determining the reasonableness of the force used. In ...
Monday, November 17, 2014

New Jersey Superior Court Rules Police Dashboard Video Recordings are Public Records

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A New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled in two separate cases police dashboard video recordings are public records subject to disclosure und...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Ninth Circuit: Officers' Use of Taser 22 Times Was Justified, Despite Death of Suspect

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In Marquez v. City of Phoenix (9th Cir. 2012) 693 F.3d 1167, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that officers’ repeated and prolonged ...