| Issue Date | Topics |
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November 2002  |
- Concealed-carry law, provisions on hold.
- U.S. Supreme Court to review 2 police cases.
- Former Criminal Division chief dies.
- Illinois mandates tape-recorded confessions.
- Case law.
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September 2002 |
- Model incident report form developed for Missouri law enforcement agencies.
- Federal appeals court invalidates drug checkpoints in Missouri.
- AG's Office: Drug checkpoints no longer permissible.
- Racial profiling reports due March 1, 2003.
- Case law.
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June 2002 |
- Several bills on criminal issues await signing. Issues include sex offender registration, homeland security, statute of limitations on rape, and pawnbroker law.
- Federal court allows questions unrelated to traffic stop.
- Death rate for Missouri police officers high: Missouri ranks eighth in U.S.
- State traffic stop report most comprehensive in U.S.
- Case law.
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February 2002 |
- Innocent behavior can create reasonable suspicion.
- Attorney General Nixon assessing state security.
- Refusal to take sobriety test can't be withdrawn.
- Avoiding drug checkpoint can create reasonable suspicion to stop.
- Licensing checkpoints still valid.
- DWI, vehicular homicide seminar in May.
- Tinted windows law in effect. Removal of statute of limitations for rape prosecutions considered.
- Case law.
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