Around the country, law enforcement agencies are adopting body camera technology. The purpose of this effort has been to gather better evidence, to encourage greater transparency and for accountability. However, as body cameras have become more prevalent, glaring...
In our last entry, we explored the issue of police traffic stops and how they so often end up leading to serious criminal charges. As we noted, such cases are of events . What such actions should trigger, though, are questions about whether police overstepped their...
When a child loses a loved one, it can be difficult to help the child understand what happened. Some children don’t have the level of comprehension necessary to make discussing death with them easy. Unfortunately, there isn’t much that you can do to remedy the pain...
It is not at all unusual to see the following lead in news stories these days. “A traffic stop led to the arrest of a suspect on drug charges .” Whether you live in Missouri or some other state, it is not uncommon for authorities to stop a driver and then leverage the...
Overloaded trucks are a big concern on the roads of Missouri due to the serious accidents that they can cause. There are federal regulations in place that prevent trucks from being overloaded, but not all drivers or companies follow them. Here is a look at overloaded...
