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In our society, the responsibility of keeping us safe and maintaining order lies on our police officers. However, when these officers lack proper training, the consequences can be severe. Costly legal errors may arise when officers are not fully aware of their legal authority and limitations.

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The Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (LEOSA), codified at 18 U.S.C. §§ 926B and 926C, allows qualified active and retired law enforcement officers to carry concealed firearms nationwide, irrespective of state or local laws, with certain exceptions. Key Provisions of LEOSA: • Qualified Law Enforcement Officers (QLEOs): Active officers authorized to engage in law enforcement activities, carry firearms, and meet specific criteria outlined in 18 U.S.C. § 926B. • Qualified Retired Law Enforcement Officers (QRLEOs): Retired officers who served in law enforcement for an aggregate of 10 years or more, or separated due to a service-connected disability, and meet criteria specified in 18 U.S.C. § 926C. Restrictions Under LEOSA: Despite the broad carry rights granted by LEOSA, there are notable restrictions: 1. Private Property: LEOSA does not supersede laws that allow private persons or entities to prohibit or restrict the possession of concealed firearms on their property. (National Rifle Association) 2. State or Local Government Property: LEOSA does not override laws that prohibit or restrict the possession of firearms on any state or local government property, installation, building, base, or park. (National Rifle Association) 3. Federal Buildings: Carrying firearms in federal facilities is prohibited under 18 U.S.C. § 930(a), which includes buildings owned or leased by the federal government where federal employees are regularly present. (National Rifle Association) 4. Gun-Free School Zones: LEOSA does not exempt individuals from the Gun-Free School Zones Act, which prohibits carrying a firearm within 1,000 feet of elementary or secondary schools unless the individual possesses a state-issued permit. (National Rifle Association) 5. National Parks: While LEOSA allows carrying in national parks, federal buildings within these parks remain off-limits. (National Rifle Association) 📌 Have a search and seizure question in mind? Submit them for instructors to answer or join the next Search & Seizure show and get your questions answered LIVE ON AIR. 🚨 https://www.bluetogold.com/show https://bluetogold.com/trainings/?attendance=webinar If you like this video, don’t forget to like and subscribe to our channel for more legal updates! -- Blue to Gold Training: ➜ Class Schedules - https://www.bluetogold.com/trainings ➜ On-demand Training - https://university.bluetogold.com/ ➜ Free Legal Training Webinar - https://bluetogold.com/trainings/?attendance=webinar ➜ Book Store and Training Materials - https://www.bluetogold.com/store CONNECT WITH US: 🌍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bluetogold 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bluetogold 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/bluetogold 🎥 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/bluetogoldtrai... 💌 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue... #LawEnforcementTraining #PoliceTraining #LegalEducation
LEOSA and Polling Places
Cases mentioned: Therefore, in the context of a non-custodial arrest, the arresting officer is entitled only to: (1) conduct a pat-down search for weapons in circumstances where such a search would be authorized under the Terry line of cases; and (2) search for instrumentalities or evidence of the specific crime for which the officer had probable cause to make the arrest. Usually, in the case of non-custodial arrests for traffic violations, at most only a pat-down search will be indicated, since a search of the person generally will not reveal instrumentalities or evidence relating to such offenses. See Valdez, 182 Colo. at 84, 511 P.2d at 474 (observing that the scope of a search incident to an arrest for a minor traffic violation or a minor municipal offense will be quite limited because the instrumentalities or evidence of such crimes will be minimal or non-existent); see also Wayne R. LaFave, “Case–by–Case Adjudication” versus “Standardized Procedures”: The Robinson Dilemma, 1974 Sup.Ct.Rev. 127, 150–51.15 Non-custodial arrests for possession of one ounce or less of marihuana in violation of subsection 18–18–406(1), in contrast, may permit not only a weapons frisk but also an extensive search for evidence of marihuana possession. Although such a search may be equal in scope to a full search incident to a custodial arrest, the police may not subject the person searched to custodial arrest unless further evidence justifying such an arrest is uncovered by the search incident to the non-custodial arrest. See 2 Lafave § 5.2(h) at 469–70 (noting that when there is no need for custody of the defendant but yet a need to acquire evidence from his person relating to the offense at issue, a search incident to a non-custodial arrest should not be limited to a Terry-type search) 📌 People v. Bland, 884 P.2d 312, 321 (Colo. 1994) Have a search and seizure question in mind? Submit them for instructors to answer or join the next Search & Seizure show and get your questions answered LIVE ON AIR. 🚨 https://www.bluetogold.com/show https://bluetogold.com/trainings/?attendance=webinar If you like this video, don’t forget to like and subscribe to our channel for more legal updates! -- Blue to Gold Training: ➜ Class Schedules - https://www.bluetogold.com/trainings ➜ On-demand Training - https://university.bluetogold.com/ ➜ Free Legal Training Webinar - https://bluetogold.com/trainings/?attendance=webinar ➜ Book Store and Training Materials - https://www.bluetogold.com/store CONNECT WITH US: 🌍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bluetogold 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bluetogold 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/bluetogold 🎥 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/bluetogoldtrai... 💌 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue... #fourthamendment #4thamendment #bluetogold #searchandseizure #caselawforcops #policetraining #constitutionallaw #legalrights #trooper #deputysheriff #lawenforcementtraining #policetraining #legaleducation
EP#727 People v Bland in CO and Search Incident to Citation
Cases mentioned: 📌 South Dakota v. Opperman | 428 U.S. 364 (1976) Have a search and seizure question in mind? Submit them for instructors to answer or join the next Search & Seizure show and get your questions answered LIVE ON AIR. 🚨 https://www.bluetogold.com/show https://bluetogold.com/trainings/?attendance=webinar If you like this video, don’t forget to like and subscribe to our channel for more legal updates! -- Blue to Gold Training: ➜ Class Schedules - https://www.bluetogold.com/trainings ➜ On-demand Training - https://university.bluetogold.com/ ➜ Free Legal Training Webinar - https://bluetogold.com/trainings/?attendance=webinar ➜ Book Store and Training Materials - https://www.bluetogold.com/store CONNECT WITH US: 🌍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bluetogold 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bluetogold 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/bluetogold 🎥 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/bluetogoldtrai... 💌 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue... #fourthamendment #4thamendment #bluetogold #searchandseizure #caselawforcops #policetraining #constitutionallaw #legalrights #trooper #deputysheriff #lawenforcementtraining #legaleducation
EP#726 Can Law Enforcement Conduct an Inventory on a Locked Car?
Cases mentioned: 📌 Have a search and seizure question in mind? Submit them for instructors to answer or join the next Search & Seizure show and get your questions answered LIVE ON AIR. 🚨 https://www.bluetogold.com/show https://bluetogold.com/trainings/?attendance=webinar If you like this video, don’t forget to like and subscribe to our channel for more legal updates! -- Blue to Gold Training: ➜ Class Schedules - https://www.bluetogold.com/trainings ➜ On-demand Training - https://university.bluetogold.com/ ➜ Free Legal Training Webinar - https://bluetogold.com/trainings/?attendance=webinar ➜ Book Store and Training Materials - https://www.bluetogold.com/store CONNECT WITH US: 🌍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bluetogold 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bluetogold 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/bluetogold 🎥 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/bluetogoldtrai... 💌 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue... #fourthamendment #4thamendment #bluetogold #searchandseizure #caselawforcops #policetraining #constitutionallaw #legalrights #trooper #deputysheriff #lawenforcementtraining #policetraining #legaleducation
EP# 725 Can a Driveway Traffic Stop Allow a K9 Sniff?
Essentially, the court requires these factors: Officers have PC at time of search The suspect must be aware that police have PC for the evidence (gives the suspect motive to destroy) The evidence that is searched for must be readily destructible. The search must be limited to retrieving the evidence. 📌 United States v. Schneiders, No. CR20-4032-LTS, 2020 WL 7260938, at *5–6 (N.D. Iowa Dec. 10, 2020) 📌 People v. Bland, 884 P.2d 312, 321 (Colo. 1994) 📌 Chimel v. California | 395 U.S. 752 (1969) 📌 United States v. Roy Noles, No. 16-3338 (8th Cir. 2017) 📌 Arizona v. Gant | 556 U.S. 332 (2009) 📌 Cupp v. Murphy | 412 U.S. 291 (1973) Have a search and seizure question in mind? Submit them for instructors to answer or join the next Search & Seizure show and get your questions answered LIVE ON AIR. 🚨 https://www.bluetogold.com/show https://bluetogold.com/trainings/?attendance=webinar If you like this video, don’t forget to like and subscribe to our channel for more legal updates! -- Blue to Gold Training: ➜ Class Schedules - https://www.bluetogold.com/trainings ➜ On-demand Training - https://university.bluetogold.com/ ➜ Free Legal Training Webinar - https://bluetogold.com/trainings/?attendance=webinar ➜ Book Store and Training Materials - https://www.bluetogold.com/store CONNECT WITH US: 🌍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bluetogold 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bluetogold 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/bluetogold 🎥 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/bluetogoldtrai... 💌 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue... #fourthamendment #4thamendment #bluetogold #searchandseizure #caselawforcops #policetraining #constitutionallaw #legalrights #trooper #deputysheriff #lawenforcementtraining #policetraining #legaleducation
EP#724 Search Incident to a Citation
Cases mentioned: 📌 Payton v. New York | 445 U.S. 573 (1980) Have a search and seizure question in mind? Submit them for instructors to answer or join the next Search & Seizure show and get your questions answered LIVE ON AIR. 🚨 https://www.bluetogold.com/show https://bluetogold.com/trainings/?attendance=webinar If you like this video, don’t forget to like and subscribe to our channel for more legal updates! -- Blue to Gold Training: ➜ Class Schedules - https://www.bluetogold.com/trainings ➜ On-demand Training - https://university.bluetogold.com/ ➜ Free Legal Training Webinar - https://bluetogold.com/trainings/?attendance=webinar ➜ Book Store and Training Materials - https://www.bluetogold.com/store CONNECT WITH US: 🌍 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/bluetogold 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bluetogold 🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/bluetogold 🎥 TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/bluetogoldtrai... 💌 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue... #fourthamendment #4thamendment #bluetogold #searchandseizure #caselawforcops #policetraining #ConstitutionalLaw #legalrights #trooper #deputysheriff #lawenforcementtraining #policetraining #legaleducation
EP#723 Can Police Surround a Third Party’s Home While Waiting for a Search Warrant?
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