Police Officer Tuan Le was shot and killed while responding to a burglary call at a cannabis store in the 400 block of Embarcadero at about 4:45 am.

The store had already been burglarized one time before earlier in the night. As officers…

Editorial: Excessive Force and Common Sense
By Robert Phillips
Deputy District Attorney (ret.) 

Hot-stopping an elderly, unarmed, compliant female suspected of auto theft may well constitute excessive force. 

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By Robert Phillips  
Deputy District Attorney (ret.)  

Cross-Jurisdictional Authority  Issue, Background and Case Law   Penal Code § 830.1(a) and judicial notice of a peace officer’s authority to cite for offenses occurring in a…