Advanced technologies have provided law enforcement many tools to investigate crimes, among them video surveillance, GPS devices, cellphones and even Fitbits that were originally intended as a fitness and health motivator for users. A comparatively newer technology, Fitbit has been crucial to a solving a number of crimes, including homicides where Fitbit timeline and location… Read More »
Wisconsin Traffic Stop Arrest | Illegal Search and Seizure Law
According to the American Civil Liberties Union, of the traffic stops conducted by Milwaukee police spanning 2007 through 2015, minorities were seven and five times more likely to be stopped than others. The ACLU has brought a lawsuit against the department claiming that the stops violate the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment Rights of Milwaukee residents… Read More »
Probable Cause in a Wisconsin Search and Seizure of Evidence
Police officers and agents of the government must have probable cause in order to carry out searchers, seizures of evidence, and arrest. The same goes for obtaining search and arrest warrants. Probable cause serves as a legal safeguard to ensure that law enforcement officers interfere with an individual’s Fourth Amendment rights only under limited circumstances, and… Read More »