AELE August 2015 Case Notes

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1. Amnesty International USA found that U.S. laws on police lethal force fail to meet world standard.

 

http://www.amnestyusa.org/sites/default/files/aiusa_deadlyforcereportjune2015.pdf

 

2. The U.S, Departments of Justice and Homeland Security prepared a guide for state and local law enforcement dealing with First Amendment-Protected events.

 

The guide, entitled “Recommendations for First Amendment-Protected Events for State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies” provides some good suggestions for how to prepare for and handle such events.

 

“Recommendations” — The printed guide can be accessed as a pdf at:

https://www.ncirc.gov/onlinetraining/modules/first_amendment_rollcall/Recommendations.pdf

 

“Training” — The 9 minute training video and a 4 minute roll call video can be accessed online at:

https://www.ncirc.gov/Training_First_Amendment.aspx

 

3. New AELE Monthly Law Journal article:

 

Rights of Rastafarian Employees and Inmates

 

View at http://www.aele.org/law/2015-08MLJ201.html

 

4. The Aug. 2015 issues of AELE’s three periodicals have been uploaded.

 

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*** Law Enforcement Liability Reporter ***

 

This issue has cases on assault & battery, ECWs, false arrest, firearms related, policy liability, dead body handling, racial profiling, and search & seizure.

 

View at http://www.aele.org/law/2015all08/LR2015AUG.html

 

*** Fire, Police & Corrections Personnel Reporter ***

 

This issue has cases on arbitration, prescriptive drug abuse, FMLA, First Amendment, handicap discrimination, homosexual employee rights, patronage employment, retaliatory personnel actions, sex discrimination, and whistleblower protection.

 

View at http://www.aele.org/law/2015all08/FP2015AUG.html

 

*** Jail and Prisoner Law Bulletin ***

 

This issue has cases on the death penalty, prisoner disability discrimination, marriage, medical care, prisoner assault by officers, religion, disciplinary segregation and transsexual inmates.

 

View at http://www.aele.org/law/2015all08/JB2015AUG.html

 

5. Selected criminal law and procedure cases are at three other free websites.

 

https://www.fletc.gov/the-informer

 

http://www.kenwallentine.com/Xiphos.html

 

http://le.alcoda.org/publications/point_of_view/

 

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