The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently dismissed a 1983 lawsuit against officers alleging excessive force in the use of a taser against a subject who engaged in pre-arrest flight. (Brown v. Giles, 95 F.4th 436 (6th Cir.
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JUST IN: Permanent Injunction Issued Against the State of California Related to the RIPA Requirement to Disclose Gender Identity
Third Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Sanctions Against the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office for Misleading the Court About Conferring with Crime Victims
California Supreme Court Rules that Pre-Shift and Post-Shift Work Must Be Compensated
SCOTUS Watch: Law Enforcement Groups file Brief in Support of Petition for Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court to Review Excessive CCW Carry Restrictions
On Monday, March 25th,
2024, the Peace Officers’ Research Association of California, the California
Association of Highway Patrolmen, the California State Sheriffs’ Association and
the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPPC) filed an amicus brief in support of a Petition
Watch Kathleen Mastagni Storm’s Oral Argument in the Sixth District Court of Appeals on Behalf of the Palo Alto Professional Firefighters, IAFF Local 1319
Watch the oral argument below: On March 14, 2024, partner, Kathleen
Mastagni Storm, presented oral argument in the Sixth District Court of Appeals over
the City of Palo Alto’s illegal repeal of binding interest arbitration for Fire
and Police Department
Law Enforcement Amicus Brief Filed in the Ninth Circuit to Oppose SB2’s CCW Carry Restrictions
On February 23, 2024, Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC), the California Association of Highway Patrolmen (CAHP), the California State Sheriffs’ Association (CSSA), and the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPPC) filed an amicus curiae brief in the Ninth Circuit Court
