Qualified Immunity

Part Three – What the Public Needs to Know So, what is qualified immunity? What does it mean to society as a whole? And what should law enforcement officers tell the public when it comes to qualified immunity? What we really need to talk about is how qualified immunity affects our day to day operation. The difficulty as a lay person who watches news

Part Two – The Law of Qualified Immunity and Due Process  To fully understand qualified immunity, we need to discuss why qualified immunity is important to the judicial system and taxpayer dollars. More often than not as a Use of Force consultant the questions that I get asked are how do you protect yourself and your agency? And there’s three things that I always

History of How Qualified Immunity Came to Be As I watch what is occurring across the Country I am confused. I have practiced law for nineteen years. And I’ve been in awe over the past couple of months as I have watched legislatures and individuals across the country have conversations about qualified immunity. Like most of my practitioners, we probably didn’t think too much