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Court ponders police chase lia
Can a police officer be sued for hitting into a fleeing car during a high-speed chase and causing an accident that leaves the driver badly injured or dead?
The Supreme Court took up that question today in a case from rural Georgia, and the likely answer appeared to be "no."
The case has drawn wide attention because it could set national rules to limit police chases. More than 300 people per year are killed in police chases. Most of the victims are the motorists who tried to flee the police, but a substantial number are innocent bystanders. Each year, several police offic... Read more
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SFPD's News Leak Probe Questio
San Francisco city officials have been meeting to discuss recent revelations that police detectives tracked phone calls made by journalists in the Hall of Justice.
According to KCBS reporter Mark Seelig, the mayor is defending the legality of the practice, but is questioning its ethics.
The investigation was prompted by the "Fajitagate" scandal in 2002, in which several off duty police officers were involved in a brawl with two men over a bag of steak fajitas. There were reports of a cover up by the police department.
According to an article in this week's SF Weekly newspaper, police brass quickly launched an investigation into who was talking to the press after the San Francisco Chronicle ran a series of articles about the case. The investigation reportedly included the review of thousands of calls on phones in the Hall of Justice press room.
"Do I like it? No," said the Mayor Gavin Newsom. "And nor do I support the San Francisco Police Department doing this on a regular basis." But because he said the phones lines are city property, the police department had the legal right to ask for such records.
Golden Gate Law School Professor Peter Keane, a former San Francisco Police Commissioner, said it may have been legal, but unethical. "We have got to make sure that there are limits on government and police investigations into the tools and methods of journalists and reporters," he said.
Mayor Newsom said he and the police chief met Friday to discuss the issue and that he was assured the police department is no longer engaged in such activity.
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