In the casesDeShaney v. WinnebagoandTown of Castle Rock v. Gonzales, the Supreme Court has ruled that police agencies are not obligated to protect citizens. In other words, police are well within their rights to pick and choose when to intervene to protect the lives and property of othe...
"It's their way of saying, 'We have no reason to believe there will be any trouble beyond the trouble you get at a rock concert," he said, adding police are obligated to ensure public safety. Police departments are facing criticism for overpolicing, chilling free speech and bein...
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The report said: “You stated ..that you had been propositioned but that the suspect had not touched you or physically sexually abused you. You stated that it was verbal comments only. I agree that crimes of such nature are fully within the public interest, however, there has to have be...
Additionally, the statement noted that BGE is obligated to employ at least 25% of minority and women-owned businesses by Maryland's Public Service Commission. Also, the energy company has agreed to be completely liable for any system failures or other mishaps as a result of its work on the ...
Police is not legally required to protect mere citizens (as courts held many times already). Because of that only terminal ignoramuses consider police activities to be conductive to their personal safety or well-being. Police already extorts from them, and is not obligated to do anything in ...
You will be obligated to turn that over if a valid subpoena is issued. Let’s say there is NO law requiring the turnover of encryption keys. I see no reason why the same obligation doesn’t apply to an encrypted document. And I also see no reason why the Court could not appoint a ...
“In this case, Proton received a legally binding order from Swiss authorities which we are obligated to comply with,” he wrote. “There was no possibility to appeal this particular request.” “No matter what service you use, unless it is based 15 miles offshore in international waters, ...
Not always, some laws allow a peace officer to carry out a no-warrant arrest. These rules vary and change. The rules are also highly dependent on the extremity of the situation. If the situation is life-threatening, the officer is obligated to do something about it, even outside their pr...