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Anthony Bandiero, Attorney and Senior Legal Instructor, Blue to Gold Law Enforcement Training Can you use a marijuana trained dog after your state legalizes marijuana? This question came from an officer in Kansas. The officer said, “Our department is implementing a brand new canine program. And apparently the dog is going to be proofed on
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Anthony Bandiero, Attorney and Senior Legal Instructor, Blue to Gold Law Enforcement Training What are the hot pursuit requirements? Let me fill you in on what s going on with this case so that you have some context. What happened in this case? An officer observes a male about to exit a house, but upon seeing
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Anthony Bandiero, Attorney and Senior Legal Instructor, Blue to Gold Law Enforcement Training This one is a good one. It comes from an officer from Southern California. The question is, “Can cops break a car window to retrieve a firearm that is evidence?” Let me give you the background here. This was a computer call
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Anthony Bandiero, Attorney and Senior Legal Instructor, Blue to Gold Law Enforcement Training “Can you search a person for evidence if you have probable cause?” In other words, do you have to make the arrest? Let s go through a couple scenarios with the officer. One is basically that the officer had a consensual encounter with
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Anthony Bandiero, Attorney and Senior Legal Instructor, Blue to Gold Law Enforcement Training This question comes from an officer in Utah. The officer is basically saying, What are the requirements to ping a cell phone for a suicidal subject? Here is some context. Can officers request a cell phone ping based off of a third
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Anthony Bandiero, Attorney and Senior Legal Instructor, Blue to Gold Law Enforcement Training My name is Anthony Bandiero, attorney and senior legal instructor for Blue to Gold Law Enforcement Training. This question comes from officer in Kansas. “My question is, if you place a person under arrest, let s say for driving while suspended, can you
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