news and information from the AELE website on topics of interest to law enforcement http://www.aele.org/ AELE has launched an Internet portal for locating and reading ECW judicial decisions, called Electronic Control Weapons - AELE Case Digests. http://www.aele.org/law/Digests/ECWcases.html Part Two addresses what is an official policy or custom, immunities, damages, negligence and state law claims. http://www.aele.org/law/2012-05MLJ301.html The final part discusses restraining a disturbed or suicidal person and the use of force after resistance ceases. It ends with a list of nine suggestions. There also are links to articles and resources. http://www.aele.org/law/2012-03MLJ101.html Police were entitled to qualified immunity for their warrantless entry into a home based on exigent circumstances and the totality of the circumstances. They were investigating reports that a student who lived there had written a letter with a threat to shoot up the high school he attended. The mother initially ignored the officers knocks on the door, and she hung up on an officer when he called on the phone. This is a guest article. http://www.aele.org/law/2012-03MLJ401.html Police officers, sheriffs deputies, coroners investigators, corrections officers, firefighters, paramedics and ambulance personnel are exposed to persons who have suffered horrible injuries and violent deaths. The unauthorized distribution of photos depicting gory injuries or deaths can support a civil action for the intentional infliction of emotional distress. http://www.aele.org/law/2012-02MLJ501.html The article examines judicial decisions upholding or overturning an order to take a polygraph exam, along with polygraph use for officers on special assignments and collective bargaining issues. http://www.aele.org/law/2012-01MLJ201.html