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Congress did not intend to give the tobacco companies a free pass to violate state laws that are promulgated pursuant to traditional state police powers and are binding on all other commercial actors,'' the consumers argued. Philip Morris contends the Cipollone decision allows those types of suits only if they claim that cigarette makers lied about their products. (Bloomberg)
Bloggers take on China Jan 18, 2008
The public outcry, amplified in the country's blogosphere, prompted China's premier to restrict police powers of detention. Years ago, killings such as these would not have received such attention, and victims would have been forgotten, but with modern technology in the hands of ordinary citizens, abusive officials are getting caught in the act. (CNN -- Tech)
Couple plotted murder-suicide: inquest Jan 14, 2008
He chose not to exercise police powers which could have requested the couple be admitted to a psychiatric hospital for assessment. "Based on the evidence available to me, I believe that Quill shot Elley prior to taking his life using the same rifle," Det Snr Const Marks said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Chinese detain 4 in beating death Jan 10, 2008
In 2003, a public outcry over the death of a 27-year-old college graduate detained for not carrying proper identification prompted China's premier to restrict police powers of detention. In the central city of Zhengzhou last year, 1,000 college students scuffled with police and overturned cars after city inspectors beat a female student who had set up a street stall. (MSNBC -- International)
Police storage of DNA reviewed Jan 9, 2008
He added that police powers to take DNA samples without consent were stronger in England and Wales than any other country and that there was an "important balance to be struck between individual rights and public safety". As part of the inquiry, there will be six weekly discussion sessions involving 30 people in Birmingham and Glasgow, and 200 further observers from across the country will be used to assess the use of the database. (BBC News -- UK)
Another bundle of intrusions Jan 4, 2008
The escalation in police powers. The special APEC laws allowed the police to create "restricted areas excludable persons and prohibited items". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Correa back in fray, a little more carefully Jan 4, 2008
Correa said he was no exception, although critics accused him of retaining his police powers. Even now, back in the administrative saddle, he is eschewing the uniform and says he will not don his badge and gun until he is 100 percent better. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Police Captain Suspended For Going After Daughter's Boyfriend Jan 4, 2008
Officials say Edwards never threatened or assaulted anyone and didn't misuse his police powers. However, department rules prohibit an officer from being involved in a criminal investigation involving family members. (WNBC.com, NY)
Honolulu officer on desk duty after firearms arrest Jan 3, 2008
He has lost all of his police powers and has been assigned to desk duty while Internal Affairs conducts an internal and administrative investigation, said Capt. Frank Fujii, spokesman for the Honolulu Police Department, at a news conference this afternoon. He is still getting paid, but he's doing clerical work and wearing civilian clothing, Fujii said. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Turmoil grips Pakistan Dec 28, 2007
On Nov. 3, the government declared a state of emergency, akin to martial law, and used broad police powers to round up thousands of opponents. Musharraf, a key US ally in the battle against terrorism ended the emergency rule Dec. 15. (Boston Globe)
* Mexican lawmakers postpone decision on judicial reform Dec 16, 2007
Mexican lawmakers have postponed the approval of sweeping justice reforms until next year, delaying Mexican President Felipe Calderon's efforts to boost police powers in the fight against violent drug gangs ... Senators modified the version passed by the lower house to restrict police powers to enter homes without a warrant ... But new police powers have raised comparisons to the Patriot Act, which gave the US government broad leeway to pursue suspected terrorists at the expense of... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Mexican judicial reforms draw praise for oral trials Dec 14, 2007
But new police powers mostly aimed at drug traffickers and organized crime have raised comparisons to the Patriot Act, which gave the U.S. government broad leeway to pursue terrorists at the expense of constitutional protections ... Proponents argue that the new police powers will be allowed in very limited cases: Police may enter a home without a warrant only if they are chasing a suspect in the act of committing a crime or if they believe someone inside the home is in danger. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
MPs deliver fresh blows against detention plans Dec 14, 2007
Government attempts to rally support for an extension of police powers to detention without trial from 28 to 42 days receive a further blow today from MPs and peers. The joint Lords-Commons committee on human rights (JCHR) said in a report that evidence from the Crown Prosecution Service that it was satisfied with the present limit "seems devastating to the government's case for an extension". (Guardian Unlimited)
Police powers 'to protect ads, not Pope' Dec 13, 2007
Police powers 'to protect ads, not Pope' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) ... Police powers 'to protect ads, not Pope ... Police powers for commercial reasons: The Pope will visit Sydney in July (AFP: Fransesco Forza). (ABC Online)
SC remark flies in face of own activism Dec 12, 2007
Similarly, the most famous judgment of Justice Anand relates to the law made by him to check the misuse of police powers to arrest and detain. Going into minute details of procedure to protect human rights, Justice Anand prescribed, among other things, that policemen carrying out arrests would have to wear name tags and the arrest memo would have to be attested by at least one independent witness. (Times of India)
Fairfax Police Citizen Academy Graduates Its First Class Dec 12, 2007
According to their Web site, "Volunteers in Police Service offer their talents, skills and abilities to support the police services we provide to the community. We attempt to match prospective VIPS talents with identified needs in the police department. If selected, VIPS undergo a brief background investigation prior to acceptance into the program. A brief period of on-the-job training will provide familiarization with the police department, police services and the basic rules and regulations of... (Fairfax Chronicle, VA)
Cincinnati Police Officer Arrested Dec 8, 2007
His police powers have been suspended, pending the outcome of the case. Officer Dobbins has worked for Cincinnati Police since 1995. (WKRC.com, OH)
Teen charged in 4-year-old girls shooting death Dec 4, 2007
She has been relieved of police powers while authorities investigate how the children got her weapon, said Cook County sheriffs police spokeswoman Penny Mateck. Corrections officers are not allowed to bring their guns to work inside the jail complex, she said. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
High Stakes for Regulated Industry in Supreme Court Pre-emption Cases Nov 30, 2007
In the high court, Riegel's widow, represented by Allison Zieve of Public Citizen Litigation Group, argues that the justices have relied repeatedly on the presumption that a federal statute does not pre-empt the historic police powers of the state absent a finding of Congress' "clear and manifest intent" to do so. The language of 360k(a), said Zieve, displays no such intent. (Law.com)
Use the township constables Nov 29, 2007 Kevin Rudd and a republic Nov 26, 2007 SPECIAL TO THE NEWS-HERALD Nov 24, 2007 Sex offender law overturned Nov 22, 2007 Self-defense laws gain ground Nov 21, 2007 Viewpoint: Parking Equality- Finding a Fair Solution Nov 17, 2007 Pienaar's viewWho will crack first on the detention of terror suspects? Nov 17, 2007 No surrender now police have found the force Nov 16, 2007 Pollution big topic at village meeting Nov 15, 2007 Officers express staffing fears Nov 7, 2007 Hollywood becomes an unlikely - but effective - teacher Oct 30, 2007 Liberty and tyranny: Bush's dangerous liaisons Oct 29, 2007 Cannabis use down since legal change Oct 28, 2007 Judge affirms Moffett injunction Oct 26, 2007 We've not gone soft on crime: Iemma Oct 24, 2007 'Poaching season' has law's attention Oct 19, 2007 Dispersal zones 'not working' Oct 18, 2007 Street Gang Powers Boost Crime Elsewhere Oct 18, 2007 Eleven arrested in anti-DUI effort Oct 18, 2007 MARY T. WAGNER: Deadbeats: Before you decide to skip out on children, think again Oct 16, 2007 Does the Supreme Court Still Matter? Oct 13, 2007 'Call centre justice'Debate on replacing duty lawyers with telephone advisers Oct 10, 2007 3 Cops Stripped Of Powers Over Bar Search Oct 7, 2007 Supreme Court guilty of creating chaos, conference told Oct 2, 2007 Gary Police Reserve Officer Shot At Gun Range Sep 30, 2007 Stoughton police chief hopes 'chats' help heal rift Sep 30, 2007 Police under orders not to save drowning victims Sep 23, 2007 * China raises fines, police powers to help control crowds Sep 23, 2007 Taking Sides in a Tasing Sep 21, 2007 Herd: Chasing Public Space Sep 21, 2007 Lendman: Shock Doctrine Review Sep 20, 2007 Police must not store DNA details of the innocent - report Sep 19, 2007 German Official Proposes New Terror Laws Sep 19, 2007 Clegg defends amnesty plan for illegal immigrants Sep 18, 2007 Letters to the Editor Sep 16, 2007 HPD nixes UH patrols Sep 15, 2007 Roane County: Constable wants job back Sep 13, 2007 DA Conley expands State Police powers to investigate homicides Sep 13, 2007 Chaser's APEC show seen by 2.2m viewers Sep 13, 2007 Judge has ten days to decide if Kate and Sep 12, 2007 Battered and bowed, our city has been apec-ed Sep 12, 2007 Sultan Police Chief Forced Out Sep 11, 2007 Lucky we all got out alive in Fear City Sep 10, 2007 Shock Doctrine Sep 10, 2007 Jailed for jaywalking Sep 9, 2007 Not much civility from police chiefs, but scant civil disobedience Sep 8, 2007 No dissent in the chicken coop - and that's an order Sep 8, 2007 Police tell Maddy's mother: Confess and you'll only get two years in jail... Sep 8, 2007 Woman Says Police Officer Punched Her After Arrest Sep 8, 2007 Police howls should be of laughter Sep 7, 2007 Laden lookalike arrested outside Bush's hotel in Sydney Sep 7, 2007 German Police Hunt 7 Over Ties to Terror Plot Sep 7, 2007 A police state? Crying wolf won't protect civil liberties Sep 7, 2007 Judge rules against FBI data-gathering tool Sep 7, 2007 Chaser boys could get six years Sep 6, 2007 'Massive' bombing plot puts home-grown terror under Europe's spotlight Sep 6, 2007 Without use our democratic rights will wither and die Sep 6, 2007 Police threatening to stop us: Greens Sep 4, 2007 'Wrong job if you dont like kids Sep 3, 2007 Police get new powers Sep 2, 2007
And constables are peace officers with full police powers. But as we have previously reported, they are unpaid elected officials who are responsible for their own upkeep weapons, ammunition, vehicles, fuel, etc. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Berkeley's new cause: make homeless behave Nov 29, 2007
She complained that it would increase "the police powers" and "make it harder for individuals to lie on the sidewalk." Calling the action "amoral," she said, "There is no place else for them to sleep.". Spring said she also opposed the 25-cent parking meter hike that will pay for the $1-million program, which will include more housing and public toilets as well as programs for people 17 to 25 years old who have nothing to do during the day. (Los Angeles Times)
Australia is going the same way as Britain, with draconian police powers of stop and search, a surveillance society, an unquestioning devotion to the theory of Global Warming, liberal attitudes to immigration, the demise of "mateship" (accompanied by a "ladette" culture), etc. To my friends' and family's utter amazement, I turned down the job offer and scurried back to Texas as soon as I could. (Telegraph.co.uk)
As one of the 18 participants who successfully completed the school, Cornwell attended more than 280 hours of classroom and field training exercises designed to prepare students who will receive police powers from their jurisdictions. The modular tests required a 100 percent passing grade. (Suffolk News Herald, VA)
Hunstein wrote that the law essentially places the state's police powers into the hands of third parties who decide to establish or operate a place where children congregate. This makes any registered sex offender living within a restricted 1,000-foot buffer area at odds with the law and having to decide whether to abandon their homes or face a minimum 10-year prison sentence. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
They say it promotes violence and weakens police powers. Peter Hamm, spokesman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, says the measure bucks a long trend in American law toward reduced public violence dating back to the taming of the West. (USA Today)
The Supreme Court has said that police powers should be restricted to purposes of "safety, health, morals and general welfare of the public" (Lochner v. New York, 1905). Controlling the streets for purposes of traffic and safety is such a legitimate interest. (The Daily Universe, UT)
The cross-party Home Affairs Select Committee is investigating the case for tougher police powers. Test of conviction. (BBC News -- UK)
That's good enough for Iemma and co. The Premier said on Tuesday the police powers under both the riot and terrorism laws would be "cemented" into the statute books. You know how Italians love their cementing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
An intergovernmental agreement clarifying the extent of police powers inside park properties was finally agreed upon by both the village and the Carrier Mills Township Park Board. The pact includes language that requires the village to annex the Old Town Park, located outside village limits, if the village limits ever expand to become contiguous to the park. (Harrisburg Daily Register, IL)
"Not necessarily that full range of police powers, but still very highly skilled, very highly trained in particular disciplines. "All of those things could be done so much more effectively by someone other than police officers and would free up police officers to concentrate on the much more important criminal investigation matters. " Joe Grant, of the Scottish Police Federation, pressed the need to deliver the Scottish Government's pledge of 1,000 more police officers - which ministers have... (BBC News)
Rather than the FBI - a law-enforcement agency - bringing suspects back to face criminal charges in the U.S., the CIA - an intelligence agency with no police powers - was now transporting criminal suspects from Country A to Country B. From there it wasn't a huge step to the weeks after 9-11, in which the CIA's "Special Activities Division" began delivering terrorist suspects not accused of any crime to an often brutal reception in Countries E (Egypt), M (Morocco) or S (Syria). The fictional... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
To defend the nation from its enemies, Jacobins expanded the government's police powers at the expense of civil liberties, endowing the state with the power to detain, interrogate and imprison suspects without due process. Policies like the mass warrantless searches undertaken in 1792 - "domicilary visits," they were called - were justified, according to Georges Danton, the Jacobin leader, "when the homeland is in danger.". (International Herald Tribune)
The Home Office said yesterday the "widespread growing use" of police powers to issue street warnings was also a likely contributory factor to a 54% increase in cannabis seizures in 2005. The number of people dealt with each year by the police for possessing cannabis has doubled since the drug was downgraded. (Guardian Unlimited)
"OHP requesting their assistance one or two times does not erase the fact they have abused their police powers," Sullivan countered. "They have done a lot of damage in the way they have treated people. It's about time they're off the road.". (Sallisaw Sequoyah County Times, OK)
Premier Morris Iemma denied his government was in any way going soft on crime, saying that the day before, when he made the announcement, he was accused of giving police powers to be "to be judge, jury and executioner.". However, the government used question time for a second straight day to outline the benefits of the scheme, as Mr Campbell attempted to clear up some of the "confusion" about the scheme. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Missouri Department of Conservation Officers have full police powers. People driving around spotlighting or disregarding regulations and laws are usually violating something else. (Camdenton Lake Sun Leader, MO)
Controversial police powers aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour merely shift problems to nearby areas and act only as a "sticking plaster" for deeper social problems, researchers said. Dispersal orders, which allow police to break up intimidating groups of people from pre-designated zones, have created an increase in crime in neighbouring areas, notably criminal damage, by up to 83% according to the first major study of the dispersal orders. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Police powers to break up intimidating groups of people merely shifts crime elsewhere, researchers have said. The orders can reinforce a view of young people as a risk to others. (Sky News)
" I'm generally for much broader police powers than most people are. If it's been reported that a group of likely drunk individuals is heading through a certain portion of town, hastily set up a checkpoint and nail them. But the concept of requiring people to stop who are not even really suspected of committing a crime just smells. Take care. ". To the anti-checkpoint people wrote on Oct 15, 2007 8:50 AM:" The only people that are upset by checkpoints are the ones who are upset that their drunk... (Rapid City Journal, SD)
That's where I come in, with a full arsenal of police powers, criminal charges, arrest warrants, extraditions and a compelling speech at the sentencing hearing. The case is never about whether the deadbeat dad failed to make any payments for 120 consecutive days, earning himself up to a year and a half of "maximum confinement" in prison and two additional years of "extended supervision" reporting to a probation agent. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
The familiar hot-button controversies--abortion, affirmative action, the death penalty, police powers and so on--have been around so long, sifted and resifted so many times, that they now arrive at the court in highly specific cases affecting few, if any, real people. And it's not clear that Roberts wants to alter that trend. (Time.com)
Mr Brown says this goes directly against the principles of laws which are supposed to give suspects protection against police powers. "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act gives the state very wide-ranging powers over individual subjects. And the right was therefore enshrined in statute that people would have the right to an independent lawyer," he told the programme. (BBC News -- UK)
Police spokeswoman Monique Bond confirms three officers have been relieved of their police powers. She would not name them, citing a pending investigation. (CBS2Chicago.com, IL)
But instead of striking a careful, clear balance between civil liberties and police powers, panelists said the change virtually gives police carte blanche to stop and question civilians indiscriminately. We are ratcheting down the standards we were so familiar with, said Mr. Justice Casey Hill of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. (Globe and Mail)
Reserve officers have same police powers as regular cops as long as they maintain their training. Gary police have ruled the shooting as accidental. (CBS2Chicago.com, IL)
The officers were charged with misusing their police powers and, in one case, of filing a false report. Cachopa, the former chief now on leave, is expected to go on trial next month; former sergeant David M. Cohen was convicted in July and is in jail. (Boston Globe -- Local)
The case has ignited a debate over whether PCSOs, who receive only a few weeks training and do not have full police powers, should be scrapped. Ann Widdecombe, Conservative MP for Maidstone and the Weald and former Home Office minister, said: In the last decade we really have got so bogged down in the compensation culture and procedures and fear of being sued that we ve lost sight of the bigger picture completely. (Times Online)
China raises fines, police powers to help control crowds ... China's government has raised fines and increased police powers under a new rule intended to improve crowd control at sports events, festivals at temples and other popular public activities less than one year before the Beijing Olympics. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Although this young man was less than graceful, he did not deserve third third-worldish abuse of police powers by the UFPD. I say who cares if he is a prankster. The issues are freedom of speech as well as defining as clearly as you can the line where protecting students on campus becomes oppressing them violently. (New York Times)
Of course, the obvious answer is because that is the law, in particular the APEC Meeting (Police Powers) Act, passed by the New South Wales Parliament in July 2007. But why should any government have the right to forbid people, and potentially imprison them for up to six months as they can through the Act, from moving freely about a city, just because a government has decided. (Zmag.org)
" Fighting "terrorism" is big business, and one of the first opportunities was the market for surveillance cameras with 30 million of them installed in the US, billions of hours of footage, analytic software to scan it, digital image enhancement to help it, and information management and data mining technology to handle all data government collects on everyone and everything. September 11 unlocked the potential, a huge new growth market was created, and protection from terror became more... (Zmag.org)
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics also recommended that ministers drop plans to extend police powers that would see DNA samples being taken from people suspected of minor offences such as littering or speeding ... In March, the government asked for feedback on proposals to expand police powers to take DNA samples from people arrested of non-recordable offences ... Dr McCartney said: "There's no actual evidence that's been provided that an increase in police powers would significantly improve the... (Guardian Unlimited -- Life)
Conservatives are pushing for stronger police powers, while the left-leaning Social Democrats in conservative Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition are urging against quick changes. . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Search Politics for MPs and issues. By postcode or place. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
It is feel-good legislation that increases police powers and forces local police to do the work of the federal government. In short, it is very wrong. (Anchorage Daily News)
Sakamoto said the university is still working on hiring eight additional campus security officers and is still deciding whether to ask the Legislature to allow Campus Security to carry guns and have police powers. School officials also are still discussing whether they can locate a Honolulu police substation on campus. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Kingston City Councilman Brant Williams was seeking to have Patton's police powers revoked within the city limits. While all that was going on, Patton appeared in an edition of the Roane County News holding his "big stick," and boasted that the stick was all the backup he needed. (Kingston Roane County News, TN)
Today's Globe Local Politics Opinion Magazine Education NECN Special reports Obituaries. Suffolk DA expands State Police duties. (Boston Globe)
APEC police powers end. text/html-documenthttp://media. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Last night the office of the public prosecutor made a formal request to seize an object vital to the inquiry which cannot be obtained under normal police powers. This could include searching areas such as a lawyer s office or a place of worship, which are protected under Portuguese laws. (Times Online)
Not only are many of APEC's special police powers here to stay, along with the megaphones and closed-circuit TV cameras on every pole and "Go Bags" under every desk and dirty raincoat. It's more than that. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The Snohomish County Sheriff's Department conducted the initial investigation and determined that Pepperell may have misused her police powers, so, to avoid a conflict of interest, the Washington State Patrol took over the ongoing case. Meanwhile, KIRO Team 7 Investigators discovered that Pepperell had been fired from her last job, at the Mount Lake Terrace Police Department, for misusing computers there to find potential "dates". (KIRO TV, WA)
Government House remains within the restricted zone and tourists wandering there over the next few days without "special justification" under the APEC Meeting (Police Powers) Act 2007 might face the slammer for six months. Stage hands at the Opera House should be consulting QCs: possession of spray paint cans, flammable liquids or poles more than one metre long could land them behind bars for up to two years. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Yet what is most striking is how little the security boom is analysed and discussed as an economy, as an unprecedented convergence of unchecked police powers and unchecked capitalism, a merger of the shopping mall and the secret prison. When information about who is or is not a security threat is a product to be sold as readily as information about who buys Harry Potter books on Amazon or who has taken a Caribbean cruise and might enjoy one in Alaska, it changes the values of a culture. (Guardian Unlimited)
" Mr McLeay was strip-searched and spent the night in a city police cell with an ice addict before appearing by video link at Parramatta Bail Court yesterday to face charges of assault and resisting arrest. Police prosecutor Sergeant Jason France 00004000 asked that bail be refused under section 31 of the APEC Meeting (Police Powers) Act, referring to a separate assault charge Mr McLeay had outstanding. Defence solicitor Phillip Gibson argued that Mr McLeay had simply been doing a friend's... (Sydney Morning Herald)
All low-level stuff considering the security wall and police powers introduced for the summit, not to mention the spending on riot gear. "It's out of proportion," said Alan Behm, a security analyst and former senior defence official. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Police told the judge they intended to put a fence - another one - near Martin Place as permitted under the new APEC Meeting (Police Powers) Act 2007, and it would present a danger to public safety if the march ended at this new fence. The judge had to agree. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The Victorian mansion which is the OTHER star of Keira Knightley's film Atonement. Police offer to do a deal with Madeleine's mother, demanding she confess. (The Drudge Report)
" the proffer said. In response, Garza opened the left rear door of the squad car and punched Suntken in the face, hitting her nose and causing profuse bleeding, the proffer said.Garza then got into the squad car and hit Suntken two more times, hitting her eye and causing sever pain at least once, the proffer said. No one heeded her calls for help, the proffer alleged.He hit me so hard, I slid across the car, said Suntken.Suntken kicked at Garza while she was beaten, the proffer said.After he... (CBS2Chicago.com, IL)
And maybe somewhere down the track a magistrate with a sense of humour will watch the footage and dismiss any charges laid under section 19 of the APEC Meeting (Police Powers) Act 2007 because he gets the joke. It happened in February. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Police said the 11 were bailed after being charged with entering a restricted area without justification under special laws that have increased police powers for the duration of the APEC summit. Bush spokeswoman Dana Perino declined to discuss the president's security arrangements but panned the stunt, rolling her eyes and deadpanning "that sounds absolutely hilarious.". (India Times, India)
Conservatives seized on the case as a reason to quickly approve more aggressive police powers for online searches, including a controversial proposal to let investigators send "Trojan horse" software in fake e-mails that would permit surreptitious searches of hard drives over the Internet. Guenther Beckstein, the conservative state interior minister of Bavaria, cited authorities' knowledge that, while in Munich, one of the three bombing suspects had linked to a radical Islamic Web site. (Fox News)
In days gone by it was extending police powers of search ... Past generations of civil libertarians had battles on their hands that were far worse than those we confront today: the 1930s and the 1980s were particularly severe, with police powers being deployed in a draconian fashion against hunger marches and striking miners, as a coherent part of what unreconstructed Marxists would call a straightforward class war. (Guardian Unlimited)
Melissa Goodman, an American Civil Liberties Union attorney, praised the ruling for upholding checks and balances on the government's police powers. The ACLU sued the government on behalf of an unnamed recipient of a National Security Letter who decided to challenge it rather than to comply with it. (Boston Globe)
Executive producer Julian Morrow, Chas Licciardello and nine crew could feel the full brunt of beefed-up police powers under the APEC Act, says Charles Firth, a part time member of the Chaser team. Other members of the Chaser team declined to speak on legal grounds. (LIVENEWS.com.au)
Arrests in Denmark and Germany this week could spur widening investigative police powers. By William Boston | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor. (Christian Science Monitor)
With the APEC Meeting (Police Powers) Act now in effect, the police have unprecedented rights over protesters during the conference. Not only will they be able to exclude people from protesting in the declared APEC zones, but there will also be a presumption against bail for anyone arrested in these areas. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
"Nowhere in the APEC (Police Powers) Act does it state that the making of political statements is banned in the APEC declared area, yet that is what the police are trying to do," Ms Hale said. "As I have outlined to the police, the event is a static media conference with 21 people in lifesavers outfits providing a backdrop. "It is being held in an area open to the public. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
We have all the same police powers and municipality we have full arrest authority, Alexander said. We can stop any car traveling down the street. (Odessa American, TX)
"These changes seem to be moving in the right direction.'' Under the new scheme, a judge's decision to release a suspect on bail can be overruled by police prosecutors if they consider the decision inadequate. Instead, the accused would remain in prison for three days while police appeal against the decision in a higher court. At present, the only time such an avenue of appeal exists is when bail is granted to an alleged murderer or child sex-crime suspect. It is understood the overhaul will see... (NEWS.com.au)
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