Category: Broadcast Blue

Villareal v. City of Laredo

Villareal v. City of Laredo

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In this 60-minute podcast, host Bruce-Alan Barnard from LEA ONE provides an in-depth analysis of the Fifth Circuit decision in Villareal v. City of Laredo et al decided on November 1, 2021.

In this case, the Fifth Circuit denied qualified immunity to officers who made an arrest under an arrest warrant because the statute under which the arrest was made was deemed to be unconstitutional after the arrest.  The court held that, notwithstanding the fact that no court had ever declared the statute unconstitutional and a neutral magistrate issued an arrest warrant under the statute, the officers should have independently determined that the statute was unconstitutional and not made the arrest.

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The Attack on Qualified Immunity

The Attack on Qualified Immunity

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Broadcast Blue host Bruce-Alan Barnard is joint by Poppi Ritacco, JD, LLM who is currently a lecturer at the University of Pittsburg and is also a former FLETC Senior Legal Instructor.  Bruce and Poppi have a candid discussion about Qualified Immunity and then take a look at the Colorado statute abolishing qualified immunity for Colorado law enforcement officers.

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The Community Caretaking Exception

The Community Caretaking Exception

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Caniglia v. Strom   1stCIR   13MAR2020

In this episode, Bruce-Alan Barnard explains the development of the Community Caretaking Exception and breaks out the First Circuit’s analysis in this case. In this case of first impression for the First Circuit, the First Circuit joins the Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits in applying the Community Caretaking Exception to the warrantless entry of a dwelling.

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