2019 Lesson 12: Legal Update

This is an online Missouri-specific legal studies course. The lesson addresses recent court decisions providing guidance to law enforcement officers regarding: 

• When an officer will be liable for making a retaliatory arrest; 

• Whether officers must allow DWI suspects the ability to speak privately with an attorney prior to consenting to chemical testing; 

• Determining whether a garden on a rural property is within the curtilage of a home; 

• Whether officers may consider a suspect’s intoxication in deciding how much force to use to seize the suspect; and

• Whether officers may obtain a warrantless blood draw from an unconscious DWI suspect