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  • About KyCIR
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    • Browse all our projects
    • LMPD Police Shootings
    • Breonna Taylor
    • Search Warrants In Louisville
    • COVID and the Unemployment Insurance Crisis
    • Prosecution Declined
    • Economic Development Failures in Eastern Ky.
    • Coronavirus Pandemic In Kentucky
    • Seized: Asset Forfeiture in Kentucky
    • Fatal Flaws: How Kentucky Is Failing Its Workers
    • The Pope’s Long Con
    • Louisville Police And Hypocritical Actions On Immigration Enforcement
    • Kentucky Constables: Untrained And Unaccountable
    • KyCIR Amplify: The Voices Behind Our Investigations
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Criminal Justice

Louisville Police Change Warrant Form, Improve Transparency

By Jacob Ryan | November 11, 2020

The LMPD made the change shortly after KyCIR and WDRB reported the state issued the new forms — and LMPD wasn’t using it.

Government

Which Louisville Judge Let Police Search Your House? Most Signatures Are Unreadable

By Jacob Ryan, KyCIR, and Travis Ragsdale, WDRB | September 16, 2020

We reviewed more than 230 search warrants approved by Louisville judges. It’s unclear who signed nearly three-fourths of them.

WDRB Doesn’t Have To Honor LMPD’s Search Warrant. Here’s Why

By Eleanor Klibanoff | September 6, 2017

Journalists are shielded from search warrants by the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 that requires a subpoena to get a journalist’s work product — audio, video, notes or sources.

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