Police reform has been at the forefront of protests the past few weeks, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. The qualified immunity doctrine is getting a lot of attention. “Qualified ...

A former Grand Rapids police officer is again asking a federal judge to rule before trial and toss out the civil wrongful ...

Police officers are already protected by the Supreme Court’s “Reasonable Standard” decision. Reasonable errors are not ...

APPLETON, Wis. (WBAY) - Attorneys for an Appleton police officer named in a federal lawsuit are appealing a judge’s decision denying qualified immunity and letting the lawsuit move forward. It ...

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a Vermont state police sergeant is entitled to qualified immunity in a lawsuit brought by a protester who said she was injured when an officer used a wristlock ...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (WJHL) — A federal judge in a federal civil rights wrongful death lawsuit has denied qualified immunity to a current and a former Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) officer ...

The University is no longer seeking to extend civil immunity protections to Department of Public Safety (DPS, PSAFE) officers, according to Deputy University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss. Assistant ...

Noting that a San Diego police officer and a Homeland Security agent were off-duty when they got into a physical altercation at a Costco parking lot, a judge said the police officer wasn't performing ...

The ruling against the three Harris County Precinct 2 deputies came down in the Louisiana court this week, when judges dismissed excessive force claims brought by Civil Rights Corps but reinstated ...

Crime scene tape cordons off an investigation area, a common practice to maintain the integrity of a legal scene. (Wikimedia) (CN) — The 10th Circuit on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s finding that New ...