August 1, 2016: The Wall Street Journal reported that a federal appeals court in New York ruled law enforcement was permitted to use the “exigent circumstances” exception to the warrant requirement to obtain the GPS locations of a suspected killer. The court ruled police were legally permitted to ping the suspect’s cellphone when he was identified as possibly being involved in a murder. Law enforcement declined to obtain a warrant in fear of the safety of the undercover officers and informants who were investigating the suspect.
Crime in the time of COVID
Like everything else in the world during 2020, crime came to a halt for a few months as people hunkered down in their homes for lockdowns and quarantines imposed amidst the threat of COVID-19. The crime rate was already decreasing
Madison August 30, 2021
