


"We don’t want to have our frontline security officers having to make these type of legal decisions when they’re in life or death situations or circumstances," Lopez said.īut critics say the data doesn’t back up claims of widespread impact on officers if immunity was rolled back or lifted entirely. A black US army lieutenant has filed a lawsuit against two policemen who pointed their guns and pepper-sprayed him during a traffic stop. I’m not going to take the chance,’" said Louis Lopez, a Texas attorney representing two of the officers in Oliva’s case, Mario Garcia and Hector Barahona. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more. A team of police officers and medical technicians had. To his dismay, he was still very much alive. Join Facebook to connect with Josil Silvano and others you may know. William Thomas, a retired Newark police sergeant, left his home in a body bag. "That way they can do their job and not have to be second-guessing, ‘Am I going to let this guy through? The last time I did, I got sued. Militarized policing can refer to a couple of different things: 1) police use of military equipment, uniforms, training, and tactics, 2) modeling the organization and professionalization of police on the military, and 3) a police culture that believes that force and coercion are appropriate and effective solutions to a wide range of. View the profiles of people named Josil Silvano on Facebook. Law enforcement advocates say qualified immunity and other legal protections are essential to preventing harassment of officers, potential financial ruin, and psychological distraction when working in dangerous situations. Today, they number more than 132,000, according to the Justice Department. In 2000, there were 88,000 federal law enforcement officers, most working in Customs and Border Protection or the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
