Criminal Justice
Jefferson County Judges Reject Rules To Increase Search Warrant Transparency
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The judges met confidentially Tuesday and didn’t answer questions about the vote until Friday afternoon.
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Louisville’s Top District Judge Silent On Search Warrant Rule Proposal
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Court officials are saying their meeting, and minutes from that meeting, are confidential.
Louisville Judges To Weigh Search Warrant Changes
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The proposal would overhaul the court’s process for issuing search warrants with the aim to boost transparency.
Criminal Justice
Louisville Police Change Warrant Form, Improve Transparency
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The LMPD made the change shortly after KyCIR and WDRB reported the state issued the new forms — and LMPD wasn’t using it.
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As Louisville Leaders Push Reform, Police And Prosecutors Push Back
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As protests continued in Louisville, criminal justice leaders discussed what reform measures they’d lobby for. The police and prosecutors often weren’t on board.
Criminal Justice
Kentucky Issued A Search Warrant Reform. Louisville Police Aren’t On Board Yet
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Law enforcement agencies in Kentucky have a new way to bring more transparency to the process of obtaining a search warrant, but police in Louisville aren’t using it.
KyCIR Amplify: Tammy Riggs, On Waiting For Answers After LMPD Killed Her Son
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Tammy Riggs was at work when she got an alert on her phone from a local news station about a police shooting. She watched the station’s live video stream for hours. “And I didn’t know it was my son,” she said.
After Louisville Police Shooting Deaths, Cases Quietly Closed
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Usually, when LMPD kills someone, families are left entirely in the dark about how the police are handling the case, an investigation by Newsy and the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting found.
Criminal Justice
Enforcing ‘No Guns’ Order In Ky. Relies On Defendant’s Honor System
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When a judge ordered Brett Hankison not to possess any guns, it was up to him to give them up.
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‘It Sounds A Lot Like A PR Campaign’: Louisville Police Tie Looting To Protests
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Louisville is engulfed in protests and has been all summer long. In that time, Louisville Metro Police have arrested at least 46 people for burglary charges and deemed them to be connected to the protests, according to data provided by the Louisville Metro Police Department.