Criminal Law

Shoplifter pulls knife on loss prevention agents www.privateofficer.com
Shoplifter pulls knife on loss prevention agents www.privateofficer.com Tallahassee Fla May 31 2008 Police said on Wednesday May 28, 2008, at approximately 12:30p.m., loss prevention employees at Wal-Mart observed Kelvin Bispham 02/10/1986, shoplifting DVD movies from the store located at 4400 West Tennessee Street When confronted outside of the store, Bispham initially complied, returning the items as he [...

Washington Court Allows Wrongful Discharge Claim by Womens Basketball Coach
Trev Kiser was the women?s basketball coach at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. Kisar complained to school officials about a pattern of inequality between the men's and women's basketball programs, such as in the quality of the officiating assigned to...

Washington Court Allows Wrongful Discharge Claim by Womens Basketball Coach
Trev Kiser was the women???s basketball coach at Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. Kisar complained to school officials about a pattern of inequality between the men's and women's basketball programs, such as in the quality of the officiating assigned to...

Oscar, Bloody Oscar
"If he pulls a knife, you pull a gun. If he sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue." ? Jim Malone (Sean Connery) in The Untouchables (1987). This Sunday marks the 80th...

Michigan: Coach loses job amid reported attempts to convert Muslims
The AP reports: “A longtime high school wrestling coach has lost his job amid concerns a former assistant coach tried to convert Muslim students to Christianity . . . ” Visit Site » Share This

Watch Out for the Bow Police
Borden v. School District of the Town of East Brunswick, 06-3890 (3rd Cir., April 15, 2008) This Third Circuit decision addresses a high school football coach?s challenge to the school district?s restrictions on his ability to pray with his players...

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

Maple Leaf
Pulls Weiners Due to Listeria Concerns

School Racism
School District pays $250,000 in racial harassment settlement.

Student Harassment
Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit.

School House Abuse
Selwyn House School agrees to $5 million teacher molestation settlement.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement
alleging government agencies and officials violated immigrant workers' constitutional rights.

Tree Stands
Ardisam Inc. pays $420,000 settlement for failing to report defective product to government officials.