Baton Rouge Chief Talks Policing In America
Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie speaks with 101.7 / 710 KEEL’s Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarty about how the events of 2016, including the Alton Sterling shooting and the subsequent murder of three officers, changed the department’s approach to policing.
Georgia Bill Aims to Change How Assault Accusations Are Handled on Campus
Georgia's House Bill 51 would require any official or employee of a postsecondary institution who receives information about an incident on campus to report the alleged incident to the appropriate local law enforcement agency, including campus police, or to the local...
ALI Council Approves Project Drafts
At its January 2017 meeting, the Council took several actions concerning project drafts.
Criminal Justice in Native American Communities
Project Reporter Matthew Fletcher was featured on a Minnesota Public Radio News segment on incidents of Native Americans interacting with police.
Courts Rule Unlocking Phone Is Constitutional
In Minnesota v. Diamond, the Minnesota Court of Appeals affirmed an Order requiring a suspect to provide his fingerprint to unlock his cellphone was constitutional.
Employer Did Not Owe Legal Duty to Protect Employees’ Hacked Personal and Financial Records
In Dittman v. UPMC, the plaintiffs brought a class action alleging UPMC was negligent in securing the data and breached an implied contract. A divided panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled that UPMC did not owe a legal duty to its current and former employees to protect their personal and financial information from hacking.
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