From the Classroom
By Raymond Hill
Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College
“Good Faith” in Probation Searches
Question
During field questioning, a subject contacted or detained tells you that he has a…
Opinion "From the DA’s Desk"
By Robert Phillips
Retired Deputy District Attorney
Use of Deadly Force and Qualified Immunity, an Update
Earlier this year, I briefed the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal case of Smith v.…
From the DA’s Desk
By Robert Phillips
Deputy District Attorney (ret.)
Second Amendment Update: The Constitutionality of P.C. § 32310 (large capacity magazines)
Large capacity magazines are again illegal to possess…
Police Officer Chad Swanson was killed in a motorcycle crash on the 405 Highway at Del Amo Avenue.
While on his way to work at 5:15 a.m., a vehicle struck his department motorcycle after another vehicle made an unsafe lane…
By Robert Phillips, Deputy District Attorney (Ret).
Second Amendment Update: What’s new under New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, the Second Amendment, and the regulation of firearms?
Since the U.S. Supreme…
From the Classroom
By Raymond Hill
Professor Emeritus, Santa Rosa Junior College
Citizen’s Arrests: Accepting a private person’s arrest for a misdemeanor committed outside an officer’s presence
Background and Case…
Legislative Update
By: Ray Hill. Professor Emeritus
Santa Rosa Junior College
Prior References:
6/24/23 – LU Ref. #CAB00215 – Recent Law Enforcement Bills in the California Legislature – Canines, Consent Searches,…
Deputy Sheriff Ryan Clinkunbroomer was shot and killed in an unprovoked ambush at the intersection of Sierra Highway and Avenue Q just outside of the Palmdale Sheriff's Station at about 6:00 pm.
Deputy Clinkunbroomer was stopped at a red…
