Category: Education

You receive a letter that you are under investigation. “I do not need a lawyer yet. I will just see what this is about.” You go through the interview and it is pretty intimidating. “I…

More often than not, when a LEO is “under investigation,” the entire agency knows about it! Let’s face it, as a profession were are good at respecting the privacy rights of the public, but “scoop”…

I receive calls and email from LEOs about a variety of topics. Some questions and discussions led to posts on www.bluelinelawyer.com. I also read other blogs, LEO-focused websites and the internet sources. This blog post…

If you’ve ever sat in one of my classes, you know that I always speak to LEOs about getting a will. I raise this issue no matter what class I am teaching because the topic…

About 7 years after I started working as a LEO, I was summoned jury duty. The questionnaire I received required me to disclose, under oath, if I was ever a victim of a crime and…

The news, in every form, has been buzzing this past week about the United States Supreme Court’s opinion in Snyder v. Phelps. This is the case involving protests by a church at the funerals of…

My friends and family know that I am extremely conservative in my political views. So I have had multiple opportunities to explain why I support collective bargaining for LEOs. Given the current environment and media…

I woke this morning to find an email from PoliceOne about the recent shooting in San Francisco of a man in a wheelchair who stabbed a LEO. Yes, he stabbed a LEO. The article explained…

It just never gets easy to hear. In my city, my state, my country or elsewhere, the news stories about LEOs killed in the line of duty chill my blood and stop my heart. From…

I recently received a request for a post regarding on-scene response for attorneys. This is one of my favorite topics, and I gave a presentation on this issue to the Annual General Counsel’s Conference for…