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.

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.

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.

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• Refusal to take sobriety test can't be withdrawn.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.