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Laura L. Scarry

Laura L. Scarry

Laura L. Scarry, Law Officer's Legal Eagle columnist, is a partner in the law firm of DeAno & Scarry, with offices located in Wheaton and Chicago, Ill. She represents law enforcement officials against claims of civil rights violations in state and federal courts. Scarry was a police officer with the Lake Forest (Ill.) Police Department from 1986–1992.

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Anonymous Tips

The Virginia Supreme Court finds that tips from anonymous callers are unreliable and therefore don’t alone provide sufficient cause for pulling over a reported drunk driver.

Officers Can't Act with Impunity

Understand why it is that you do what you do, and don’t assume you’re entitled to qualified immunity—case law doesn’t support it.

Display of Firearm

Baird v. Renbarger: A potential violation of the Fourth Amendment

Seen in Profile?

The kerfuffle at Harvard quickly became a political lightning rod when President Obama weighed in; racial profiling requires much more than a cop simply responding to a call where the suspect happens to be a minority.

The Calm Before the Storm

Court finds that armed, barricaded subjects who retreat into a building constitute a “continuing, fluid” event and therefore don’t require a warrant for arrest.

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