There’s a common misconception that police officers from one town have absolutely no power in another town. The truth, though, is far more nuanced in Maine. To make matters worse and more complicated, different municipalities can provide more or less authorization for their police to take action in neighboring localities.
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the agency of the U.S. Department of Justice that’s responsible for research and development of law enforcement techniques, recently named the winners of its “Real-Time Crime Forecasting Challenge,” a data science contest for predictive policing with over a million dollars in prize money available.
In a recent blog post, we discussed lesser included offenses and the merger doctrine. Together, these two legal ideas prevent you from being convicted under different criminal statutes for the same act, in violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. However, this only applies to criminal convictions.
Over the course of your daily life, the rights guaranteed to you by the Fourth Amendment are constantly helping you. Were it not for your rights to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures, you could never rest assured that police and other law enforcement officers would not barge into
Another state has passed reactionary legislation that makes it a hate crime to assault a police officer. This worrisome trend not only has serious repercussions that go against someone’s civil liberties but also grossly misunderstands how hate crimes actually work. Texas Passes Hate Crime Law for Police The state legislature
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