Criminal Law

New York City Auxiliary Officers Protest "Law and Order" Episode
Source: Crime and Justice News, February 21, 2008. "New York auxiliary police officers are unhappy about the Feb...

East Cleveland Ohio Police Officer’s Son Charged With Shooting And Killing A Police Officer
CLEVELAND, OHIO - The 19-year-old son of an auxiliary police officer has been charged in last weekend’s fatal shooting of a Cleveland patrolman...

NYPD cop kills himself after Taser death
We had a story about this a few days ago: A naked, suicidal man was standing on a ledge about 10 feet above the pavement when a NYPD officer Tasered him, without putting a cushion under him first...

Friday Night Smackdown: NYPD vs. Critical Mass
An NYPD officer has been put on desk duty after he apparently smacked down a Critical Mass rider during a protest in Times Square...

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...

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.