news and information from the AELE website on topics of interest to law enforcement http://www.aele.org/ Police confronting a disturbed or suicidal person face a number of dilemmas. Under what circumstances can they use force to subdue or restrain the individual? How much force, if any, is justified? At what point should the use of force end? http://www.aele.org/law/2012-02MLJ101.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 The article discusses the right to be selected for and to participate in work release programs, and whether inmates are entitled to due process rights before they are removed from participation. It also addresses the ability to exclude certain types of prisoners, such as murderers or sex offenders, from such programs, or the possibility of liability for crimes committed by prisoners on work release. http://www.aele.org/law/2011-12MLJ301.html Judge Emory Plitt discusses off-the-record statements and limits to deception. http://www.aele.org/law/2011-07MLJ401.html