Broadcast BLUE

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 … Read More Read More

In this 30-minute podcast, retired FLETC Senior Legal Instructor Bruce-Alan Barnard explains this important Supreme Court decision regarding the Community Caretaking Exception and what it means for police welfare checks and Red Flag laws.

In this episode, host Bruce-Alan Barnard analyzes the 7th Circuit decision in United States v. Davis providing an explanation of the judicially-recognized exception for Search Incident to Arrest.

Torres v. Madrid – LEA ONE Supreme Court Update This 5-3 decision defines what constitutes a Fourth Amendment seizure by force. The decision was out on the 25th and we had the video and podcasts produced in 24 hours!

LEA ONE Director Bruce-Alan Barnard takes a look at the law governing consent searches. LEA ONE provides legal training you can TRUST! www.lea.one

Bruce-Alan Barnard provides a historical overview of the development of the Fourth Amendment.

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 … Read More Read More

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 … Read More Read More

In this one-hour special Supreme Court edition of Broadcast Blue, host Bruce-Alan Barnard explains the significance of this case for law enforcement officers upon discovering a moving vehicle is registered to a person with a revoked driver’s license.

United States v. Smith 5thCIR 12MAR2020 In this episode, Bruce-Alan Barnard discusses this case which provides a great example of using questions that are permissible while conducting a traffic stop to establish the reasonable suspicion required under the Rodriguez Rule to extend the traffic stop into a Terry Stop.

United States v. Landeros 9thCIR 11JAN2019 Bruce-Alan Barnard explains the ruling in this case which answers the question: Can a traffic stop be extended simply because a passenger refuses to identify himself?

United States v. Bernard, 4thCIR 24JUN2019 – In this case Bruce-Alan Barnard analyzes a case where consent is a key part of extending a traffic stop into an investigative detention and Fifth Amendment Miranda issues are created under the “functional equivalent of questioning.”

United States v. Richmond 7th CIR 13MAY2019 Presented by LEA ONE – Bruce-Alan Barnard is your host and he discusses this case where the Seventh Circuit extends a Terry Frisk behind a front porch screen door.

Taylor v. City of Saginaw, Sixth Circuit, 11APR2019 In this episode, Bruce discusses the case Taylor v. City of Saginaw where the Sixth Circuit held that merely touching a tire to put chalk on it to enforce parking laws is a search under the Fourth Amendment requiring a warrant or a Judicially Recognized Exception (JRE). … + Read More

United States v. Gaines, 10th Cir. 12MAR2019 In this case, Bruce-Alan Barnard explores two key parts of Search and Seizure Law: What constitutes a “seizure” of a person for Fourth Amendment purposes? When does the Attenuation Doctrine apply after a Fourth Amendment violation to keep evidence from being suppressed under the Exclusionary Rule? There is … + Read More

United States v. Richmond 5th Cir. February 8, 2019 In the first Broadcast BLUE podcast of the 2019 season, retired FLETC Senior Legal Instructor Bruce-Alan Barnard summarizes and analyzes the case US v Richmond. This is a significant decision because it applies the definition of a search established by the Supreme Court in United States v. … + Read More

In this case, retired FLETC Senior Legal Instructor Bruce-Alan Barnard analyzes a recent Eighth Circuit case Wenzel v. Storm released August 9, 2018. This case is about qualified immunity for use of deadly force in an altercation with an unarmed but belligerent suspect.

Host Bruce-Alan Barnard explains the exciting new direction in which he is taking the Broadcast BLUE podcast. It’s a new shade of BLUE!

In this episode of Broadcast Blue, Bruce-Alan Barnard discusses the Fourth Amendment issues presented in United States v. Aiken. In this case, the First Circuit applies a three-prong test to determine if the guest of a guest in a motel room has a “reasonable expectation of privacy” in the motel room.

United States v Highbull Private search and recovery of defendant’s cellphone by ex-girlfriend does not constitute government action as to trigger Fourth Amendment applicability.