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Case Law 4 Cops contains information on hundreds of court cases. These cases are important to officers and citizens alike. The cases cover what officers can and cannot do in several areas of law. Follow the links below.
To justify a pat down of the driver or a passenger during a traffic stop, however, just as in the case of a pedestrian reasonably suspected of criminal activity, the police must harbor reasonable suspicion that the person subjected to the frisk is armed and dangerous.
The following cases are landmark cases for law enforcement. They significantly affected the way police conduct themselves during the course of their employment.
Nov 10, 2009 · In Terry v. Ohio, 391 U.S. 1 (1968), the Supreme Court ruled that an officer may conduct a frisk when two conditions are present. First, the investigatory stop must be lawful, based on reasonable suspicion that the person detained is committing, is about to commit, or has committed, a crime.
Mar 23, 2021 · Held: A tribal police officer has authority to detain temporarily and to search non-Indian persons traveling on public rights-of-way running through a reservation for potential violations of state or federal law.
Oct 1, 2021 · Defendant Jason Komsonekeo sought to suppress evidence law enforcement found in his vehicle after the officer claimed to have developed a reasonable suspicion that Defendant was engaged in criminal activity.
Nov 4, 2019 · The Supreme Court of Kansas explained that, under the Fourth Amendment, police officers may not briefly detain people—even in a routine traffic stop—unless they have “reasonable suspicion of a traffic violation or other criminal activity.”
Petitioners Darin Ryburn and Edmundo Zepeda, along with two other officers from the Burbank Police Department, responded to a call from Bellarmine-Jefferson High School in Burbank, California.
Jul 23, 2021 · In 1998, the Supreme Court held that high-speed police chases resulting in death, due to “deliberate or reckless indifference to life,” do not violate substantive due process rights unless the officer intended to cause harm unrelated to the legitimate object of arrest.
The Fourth Amendment permits brief investigative stops when an officer has “a particularized and objective basis for suspecting the particular person stopped of ... criminal activity.”
