Eric Daigle

Southington Police Department

Webinar: Practical Operational Standards During the Coronavirus Outbreak

Law Enforcement, Fire and Emergency Medical Service personnel are currently doing an amazing job on behalf of our nation to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Daigle Law Group is here to assist you these challenging times, and quite frankly, the last thing you need to be doing now is writing policies and procedures when you are already taxed efforts and resources are best committed […]

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Circuit Courts of Appeal – April 2020

Summaries courtesy of FLETC Legal Training Division & The Informer First Circuit Caniglia v. Strom, 953 F.3d 112 (1st Cir. 2020) In August 2015, Kim Caniglia called the police department and asked that an officer accompany her to her residence where she lived with her husband, Edward. Kim stated that the day before, during an argument with Edward, he retrieved a handgun from the

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SCOTUS on the Fourth Amendment: Reasonable to Infer that the Registered Owner is the Driver of a Vehicle

On April 6, 2020, the United States Supreme Court answered the question of whether an officer (or in this case a deputy) violates the Fourth Amendment when he/she makes an investigative stop after running a license plate and discovering that the vehicle belongs to an operator with a revoked license.  The Supreme Court held that “when an officer lacks information negating an inference that

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Webinar: Impact of COVID-19 on Oversight Bodies and Strategies to Move Forward

NACOLE brought together national experts and members of the oversight community to share information about what jurisdictions across the country are doing to address agency administrative considerations; possible impact on services and community engagement activities; and policing practices during this time. This free webinar discusses how the current crisis may affect civilian oversight of law enforcement practices in the future. Learn more at https://www.nacole.org/

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COVID-19 & Employment Law FAQs

DISCLAIMER Be advised that these Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) relate to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the answers to these FAQs only pertain to the facts of this pandemic as they exist at the time of publication.  As a result, these FAQs should not be read to apply to situations unrelated to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This publication is produced to provide general information

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COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Law Enforcement Resources

COVID-19 (coronavirus) resources updated daily for police and law enforcement professionals. DLG COVID-19: Download Resources COVID-19 Exposure and Risk Mitigation Best Practices for Law Enforcement Special Order COVID-19 Going Off Sick and Return to Work Special Order COVID-19 Health Screening COVID-19 Memo to Employees (National) COVID-19 LE Visor Card Handling Calls for Service during COVID-19 Pandemic Policy Draft Arrests During COVID-19 Policy: COVID-19 Continuity

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Police Pursuits – Managing Risk and Providing Accountability with a Well-Drafted Pursuit Policy

There are few activities police officers do while conducting enforcement activities that give as much of an adrenaline rush other than a good car chase. One of the few experiences where your training, experience and ability all come together for the purpose of ensuring the apprehension of a suspect who committed a crime. Knowing this presented a challenge when writing this article. Experience has

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SCOTUS: First Amendment considerations should require states to prove intent to sustain threat convictions

On March 6, 2017, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an interesting concurring opinion in Perez vs. Florida[1]. In her opinion, the Justice stated that if First Amendment concerns would have been raised in the certiorari, the Supreme Court would have clarified the burden of proof that States should have to sustain threat convictions. Facts: Robert Perez and some friends were drinking a mixture of vodka

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SCOTUS on Forfeiture: How the Federal Statute Operates When Two or More Defendants Act as Part of a Conspiracy

On June 5th, 2017, in Honeycutt v. United States,[1] the United States Supreme Court had the opportunity to take a close look at the forfeiture statute (formally known as the Comprehensive Forfeiture Act of 1984, 21 U. S. C. §853). The federal statute mandates forfeiture of any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, “as the result of”

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