LEO Round Table is an internet based law enforcement talk show. This is episode 33, recorded on 04/04/2016, with the following on-air personalities: Chip DeBlock (Host), Bret Bartlett, Melanee Holder and Charles Humphrey. We produce two 30 minute shows each week that are normally released on our YouTube channel Tuesdays and Thursdays. In addition to your host, the other panelists are active or retired law enforcement officers as well.
Topic 1 concerns varied department policies on how to legally deal with pregnant law enforcement officers. Quoted in the story is author Betsy Brantner Smith. Also, reference is made to the federal Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA).
Topic 2 concerns the first U.S. court ruling that requires warrants for covert cellphone tracking. The devices being restricted are known by such commercial names as StingRay, Triggerfish and Hailstorm. The ruling came down from Maryland’s intermediate Court of Special Appeals. Mentioned in the story is the Baltimore Police Department and judges Andrea M. Leahy, Dan Friedman and Raymond G. Thieme Jr.
Topic 3 concerns a decision by prosecutors to not file charges against Minneapolis (Minnesota) police officers involved in the shooting death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark. Jamar Clark was black and officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze are white. Officer Schwarze shot and killed Clark while Clark was fighting with Officer Ringgenberg. Clark had taken control of Off. Ringgenberg’s gun and Ringgenberg told Off. Schwarze to shoot Clark. Protesters demonstrated as a result.
Topic 4 concerns Milwaukee County (Wisconsin) Sheriff David Clarke backing up Senator and Presidential Candidate Ted Cruz in patrolling Muslim neighborhoods. Reference is made to the related Handschu agreement.
Topic 5 concerns allegations that Alameda County (California) sheriff’s deputies beat a suspect in a San Francisco alley and offered homeless witnesses the man’s gold chain and cash in exchange for their silence. The deputies named are Luis Santamaria and Paul Wieber and the suspect is Stanislav Petrov. Mentioned in the story is Petrov’s attorney Michael Haddad and San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon.
