Taylor County, Wisconsin, sheriff Bruce Daniels (left) & Taylor County, Wisconsin, deputy/sgt. Steven Bowers (right)
Federal Court Awards Immunity To Sheriff Who Searched An Officer’s Private Dropbox Account Without A Warrant
22 April 2022
Law enforcement officers are more used to violating rights than having theirs violated, so this case — brought to us by Courthouse News Service — is something of an anomaly. But it is a good discussion of some issues that don’t receive a lot of attention. Like, how is “reasonable” defined in terms of searches when both the searcher and the searchee are government employees? And how do company IT policies apply to searches of private accounts when the company is actually the government… and the private account is linked to a government email account? The plaintiff is a government ...
Federal Court Awards Immunity To Sheriff Who Searched An Officer’s Private Dropbox Account Without A Warrant
Law enforcement officers are more used to violating rights than having theirs violated, so this case — brought to us by Courthouse News Service — is something of an anomaly. But it is a…
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