With more and more Wisconsin teenagers -- and sometimes even younger children -- having access to cellphones, it is getting progressively harder for parents to keep tabs on their children's digital communications. As can be seen in the prevalence of news stories...
Month: December 2014
SCOTUS ruling: Cop gets law wrong but defendant pays the price
Last week, we wrote about challenging the lawfulness of a traffic stop, which is one option for defending against DUI charges. An officer must have a reasonable suspicion that a crime or violation has occurred if he wants to pull over a driver. This is often based on...
DUI traffic stops and the burden of ‘reasonable suspicion’
We recently wrote about the increase in DUI enforcement on and around major holidays. Across Wisconsin, law enforcement agencies beef up patrols at this time of year to catch drunk drivers and get them off the state’s roads and highways.That being said, police cannot...
Internet sex crimes charges can be the result of police entrapment
Since it first came into widespread use, the Internet has been an invaluable tool as well as a liability. Few could have predicted just how vast the Internet would become and what impact it would have on individuals, businesses and governments.From a law enforcement...