Being stopped by a police officer is never high on one’s list of welcomed events. Most people would rate it somewhere between a hospital visit and helping a friend move. Still, the specter of a police cruiser’s lights and siren behind that precipitates the dreaded pull-over does not mean the encounter must end poorly. Emerging from a police stop with…Read More
Whether you have been charged with a DWI or a simple traffic ticket, having an attorney by your side can help you have the most successful case possible. Below are five questions you should ask before hiring a Hudson Valley NY criminal defense lawyer: How many cases of this type have you handled and what percentage of your practice is…Read More
Biases. We all have them. Police officers are no different. Most of us, officers included, may be reluctant, even loathe, to accept this premise. It is true, though. Biases exist. Even among the police… Biases can be positive and negative. Obvious or imperceptible. One distinction involving police bias is that it can impact the public. That means you. Let us…Read More
The country is, again, reeling. There is discord. In some areas, outrage. For good reason. Questionable police shootings of civilians in Baton Rouge, Minneapolis and elsewhere follow a string of “questionable” use-of-force incidents in communities around the country in recent years. Such incidents continue. In an unspeakable reverse series of events, ambush-style shootings targeting police have occurred. Officers have died…Read More
