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Federal Court Dismissal of False Arrest Claims: Civil Commitment

A former Town employee brought claims against the defendants, several police employees and their Town, including counts asserting false arrest, kidnapping, due process violations and assault and battery. A Motion to Dismiss was filed on behalf of the defendants arguing that they were immune from liability in applying for an Application for Civil Commitment under

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Use of Force Appropriate

In November 2008, the DOC Commissioner found that a sergeant at MCI-Cedar Junction did not use excessive force in responding to a violent attack by an inmate. The finding was a result of a commissioner’s hearing where the sergeant was able to show that did not make contact with the inmate by using the DOC’s

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Arbitration Award- Overturned Termination

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Civil Service Commission Reverses Retaliatory Demotion

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Search and Seizure Protective Frisk

Summer 2000 By Douglas I. Louison of Louison, Costello, Condon & Pfaff, LLP. In Commonwealth v. Barros, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has issued a disturbing decision reversing a defendant’s conviction for carrying a firearm and ammunition without a license. The court ruled that the police had insufficient basis to detain and search the defendant and therefore

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Pushes and Shoves Must be Judged Under the Fourth Amendment Standard of Reasonableness

Summer 2001 By Regina M. Ryan of Louison, Costello, Condon & Pfaff, LLP. The Supreme Court of the United States has recently ruled that a police officer may be awarded summary judgment for excessive force claims if the officer acted objectively and reasonably in using the force necessary to effectuate the arrest.Saucier v. Katz, 121

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