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Pennsylvania State Police troopers have justified vehicle searches by saying a driver was nervous, sweating, or eating. A PennLive reporter who has investigated “pretextual” car stops was invited to be a member of a panel on the policing of drivers at a University of Pennsylvania Law School symposium Friday. Joshua Vaughn will be among four panelists to discuss whether traffic stops make the ...

OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) - Safety is a priority in many scenarios - whether you are shopping, walking through parking lots or even something as quick as getting cash from a bank. Staying alert of your surroundings is important whether you feel uncomfortable or targeted, but there is something you can do to keep yourself safe. “I wasn’t thinking, ‘Well, let me look around to see if anyone is follo...

JOKER 2.jpg Lawmakers hope the story of Bradley County K9 Joker will spark a permanent change. K9 Joker is back on the force months after he was shot in the face during a burglary call. We looked into one lawmaker's concerns about whether a new bill names "Joker's law" would create harsher punishment for injuring an animal over a person. Joker is well known in Bradley County, support for him ...

The Murphy Smith Bungalow built at 278 Ocean Ave. in 1923 is an example of the architectural style that historic preservationists want to see maintained in perpetuity. Firebrand File Photo By Megan Miller, Special to the Independent The California Coastal Commission certified changes to Laguna Beach’s historic preservation law Thursday, ending a five-year-long tug of war between private prope...

On February 9, 2022, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 114, which reestablishes the state’s COVID-19 supplemental paid sick leave requirements. Employers will not be able to simply dust off their 2021 policies and reimplement them, however, because the 2022 law contains some important changes from prior laws. In September 2020, California signed into law the origina...

As we previously wrote, in November 2021, Ballot Question 1 in Massachusetts was passed, which requires car manufacturers that sell cars equipped with telematics systems (i.e., a method of monitoring a vehicle by combining a GPS system with on-board diagnostics to record – and map – exactly where a car is and how fast it’s traveling, etc.) to install a standardized, open-data platform beginni...

Bills aimed at helping gain and retain law enforcement in Nebraska  KLKN

A Police Special Task Force is deployed after eight inmates were killed in a prison incident in Mahara, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 30, 2020. Sri Lanka’s government has recently unveiled a bill to amend its abusive Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), the Foreign Ministry hailing it as a “most progressive step” towards bringing the notorious law in line with “international ...

HELENA — Western Montana’s Lake County is the only Indian reservation county in the state where local law enforcement handles felony cases against Native Americans – and says it’s costing the county about $4 million a year. But that obligation should be covered by the state, Lake County says – and, on Wednesday it handed the governor a bill for that amount going forward. If the state doesn’t ...

SALEM, Ore. — A new hemp bill, introduced by Ashland State Senator Jeff Golden was discussed and amended Thursday afternoon in a Senate committee. Senator Golden said hemp is often being used as a cover for illegal THC operations, which is why he is trying to flatten the curve and reduce the number of illegal marijuana plants in the community. Thursday afternoon, Senator Jeff Golden presented...