Criminal Law

Security Officer Suffers Fatal Injuries in Delano Industrial Accident
Delano police officials have identified a 19-year-old female security officer who died in an industrial accident at a SEARS warehouse on January 17, 2009, as Rosemary Montiel...

Another of MADD?s ?DUI SuperCops?
Another one of those news stories that needs little comment… Officer Who Shot Chargers Player Honored for DUI Arrest Record Del Mar, CA...

Florida School Officer on Hot Seat For Indirectly Linking to Porn on MySpace Page
There's a great story on what appears to be an investigation getting out of hand...

Strip Searches At Charter School
Allegations of grade tampering and falsification of attendance records at a Chicago charter school are troubling, but this is shocking: Three high school girls, taken into a washroom one at a time by an off-duty Chicago police officer, told to drop their pants, squat and cough -- all in the hunt for a cigarette lighter that was never found...

MO police officer sues estate of dead man who shot him
Story is from Marionville, where a police officer is suing the estate of a man who, during a shootout earlier this year, shot and injured the officer with a shotgun...

Officer (Not So) Friendly: Iowa Man Charged with Assault After Hugging Police Officer
On a Saturday afternoon in Iowa City, Iowa, Luke Schreder had a dangerous, felonious idea: he thought that a police officer just “needed a hug...

Pussy Iowa Cops Charge Student With Thowing M&M That Hit Officer’s Shoulder
IOWA - A college student whose friend was being questioned in a hit and run found himself charged with assaulting an officer with a curious choice of weapons: M&Ms...

Allegations Against Fired Orofino Idaho Police Officer For Having Sex With A Child Referred For Prosecution
OROFINO, IDAHO - The Nez Perce County prosecutor’s office confirms it has received results of an investigation into allegations that an Orofino police officer had sex with a teenage girl...

If I don't punch this policeman, I could go to jail
Story is from Colorado Springs, where a man was under court orders to attend a MADD meeting...

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Rightwing Extremism
Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment

Is a child fathered out of wedlock by an American diplomat to a foreign women on foreign soil entitled to US Citizenship by jus sanguinis?
This is a very tough situation your friend is in. It is difficult to know the ex...

Can my employer threaten me with termination if I don't seek a transfer to another department?
In many jurisdictions, employees are "at will". This means that their employmen...

How to learn content of deceased parent's will?
go to the court house where your father died or the county he lived in. It is pu...

How can I prove my wife only married me to get a green card?
The problem with an annulment is that they are hard to get-- they are not someth...

Can I be held responsible for paying child support if I signed a birth certificate of a child that was not mine (am not the biological father)?
Get yourself some legal counsil straigth away. Explain you situation to him/her ...

Officer Firing Upheld
Pueblo pays $20,000 settlement to rightfully discharged officer.

Fatal Drug Bust
City of Louisville awards family a $250,000 wrongful death settlement after a police officer shot a 19-year-old boy.

Canadian Government
former RCMP officer claims thousands of disability dollars clawed back.

Police Officer Slander
City of Detroit agrees to $25,000 settlement.

Police Whistleblower
Officer awarded $980,000 for whistleblower violations and retaliation.

Police Officer
City of Tonawanda awards former employee $47,000 wrongful termination settlement.