In a notable dissent, Judge Murnaghan alone argued against the constitutionality of a Virginia statute that allowed the Commonwealth to collect the DNA of all convicted felons for a law enforcement data bank.[13
The tenant was completely non-cooperative and refused to open the door. A supervising lieutenant and Boston police officers were called as back up because you never know what could happen in this day and age. After about a 90 minute stand off, the deputies breached the door and gained entry...
addressed a Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA) claim involving allegations of a retaliatory failure to promote within a police department. The case revolved around whether an employee of the Haddonfield Police Department, Michael Caruso, was denied a promotion to lieutenant due to his whist...
Known only from a description in the aforementioned 'General History of the Pyrates', it was supposedly established by the quixotic Captain Mission together with his advisor and deputy, a lapsed Italian priest Lieutenant Caraccioli [30, p. 2] —compared by Maximillian E. Novak to Lenin and ...
Although the paucity of relevant emails produced from the inboxes of key decision makers does not establish that ESI was deleted, it is consistent with such spoliation and with Lieutenant Scott’s acknowledgement that deletion of emails was a foreseeable consequence of the NYPD’s storage policy....
On May 27, 2001, members of the New York City Police Department approached defendant at Mount Sinai Hospital and asked him to accompany them to police headquarters, giving him the impression that he was the victim of credit card fraud. Just after midnight on May 28, 2001, Lieutenant Thomas ...
The sniperon a SWAT or other law-enforcement team has a vital and difficult role. Marksmanship is only part of the job; the sniper is also an observer for the rest of the team and may be involved in hostage negotiations. Becoming a sniper involves extra training as well as the right per...
Buccaneers represent a particular case of quasi-legalised piracy, a demonstration of difficulties at the limits of international law: the most famous among buccaneers, Henry Morgan, was knighted and made the lieutenant governor of Jamaica in light of his actions as a pirate [65, p. 144]. A ...