by Brian MacMaster | Oct 28, 2025 | Police Law in a Nutshell
GUIDELINES FOR THE PUBLIC RELEASE OF INFORMATION IN CONNECTION WITH AN INVESTIGATION, INCIDENT, OR CRIME The release of intelligence and investigative information is governed by the limitations outlined in 16 M.R.S. § 804. Releasing such information requires...
by Brian MacMaster | Oct 2, 2025 | Police Law in a Nutshell
There are only three lawful ways to enter a home: with consent, exigent circumstances, or with a warrant. This installment of Police Law in a Nutshell offers a brief explanation of warrant searches. Previous installments covered consent and exigent circumstances...
by Brian MacMaster | Aug 28, 2025 | Police Law in a Nutshell
There are only three lawful ways to enter a home: consent, exigent circumstances, or a warrant. This installment of Police Law in a Nutshell will briefly explain exigent circumstances. A previous installment covered consent searches, and a future post will discuss...
by Brian MacMaster | Jul 21, 2025 | Police Law in a Nutshell
There are only three ways to lawfully search a home: Consent, Exigency, or Warrant. This installment of Police Law in a Nutshell will briefly explain Consent, while future posts will cover Exigency and Warrant separately. Home Searches 1 – Consent Consent must...
by Brian MacMaster | Jun 26, 2025 | Police Law in a Nutshell
Officers know when to advise suspects of their Miranda rights, but are sometimes unsure what actions to take if a suspect invokes the right to silence or the right to an attorney. Let’s try to grasp it all in a nutshell. First of all, just a quick refresher that...
by Brian MacMaster | May 28, 2025 | Police Law in a Nutshell
Before discussing situations where the law allows a warrantless vehicle search, we must keep in mind the Search Warrant Rule: any search conducted without a warrant is presumptively unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. To overcome this presumption, the prosecution...
