Denver Police Chief Robert White has requested 800 body cams for his police force. This request comes in an effort to make his agency more transparent in the wake of several documented cases of excessive force complaints that have dogged both the Denver Police Department and Denver Sheriff’s Department in recent years.
In order to get charged with a criminal offense in Colorado, the police are going to be involved in some way. This means any law enforcement agency.
It has been a rough few days for Bill Cosby who, until recently, was arguably one of America’s most beloved comedians. He has been accused by multiple women that he drugged and raped them back in the 1970’s and 1980’s.
Two days ago, a Missouri man was released from prison after being officially exonerated from a murder conviction for which he has already served 10 years. Ryan Ferguson was convicted in 2005 for the murder of Kent Heitholt on Halloween night in 2001 and sentenced to 40 years in prison.
For those of you who have not been following this story, let me catch you up. Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympic athlete in modern history, was charged with his second DUI on September 20th, 2014. This followed a similar arrest and plea of guilty to DUI in 2004, although he was able to avoid a conviction in that case.
It has been a tumultuous year for the NFL in the wake of the multitude of disciplinary matters it has had to deal with. Denver Bronco standout Wes Welker was suspended 2 games for testing positive for MDMA at the Kentucky Derby.
In today’s world Driving Under the Influence or Driving While Impaired is the poster child of the campaign against bad actors behind the wheel, and with good reason. According to the latest NHTSA report, in 2005 alcohol at or over .08 was involved in 20% of fatal crashed in the U.S.
Every law enforcement across the county gets more and more aggressive in pursuing DUI suspects. At the same time, national DUI limits keep falling.
On Sunday California Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law which scraps the old No Means No refrain surrounding sexual assaults. Under California Senate bill 967, silence or lack or resistance does not constitute consent for sexual activity.
In February of this year, Ray Rice, the talented starting running back for the Baltimore Ravens, was charged with simple assault against his fiancée, and now wife. The altercation took place in an Atlantic City hotel. Prosecutors offered Rice a plea deal that involves placement in a pretrial diversion program.
