What does it mean to provide cooperation, snitch or be an informant for the police? Cooperation, using the little fish to get the big fish, is a major law enforcement tactic utilized everywhere and every day in the United States to gain information that would otherwise be next to impossible…
Imaginary lines in space decide many of the rights and obligations of American life. These boundary lines have tremendous effects on our sense of self and to whom we feel connected. Far more than just emotional and psychological consequences flow from where we live and how we identify. (Read…
In this concluding portion of our series, we will discuss illegal searches as they relate to an individual’s home. The following will serve as a paradigm for exploring police searches of the home; Were the police allowed to enter the home? Were the police allowed to search the home? What…
In the second part of our 3 part series on searches, this blog will discuss the rules governing automobile searches. The following needs to be considered when a motorist is pulled over and subsequently searched; Was the stop a traffic stop or a stop based on suspicion of criminal activity?…
Oftentimes clients ask the following questions; When the police searched me, was their search valid? Were the police allowed to search me? Did the police have the authority to search me? Answer: It depends, this three part blog series will explore what types of searches are and are not valid.…