... by three to one (Journal News, October 1999). The Fourth Amendment does not apply to searches carried out by non-governmental employees like private security guards. For example, assume that a mall security guard lacking probable cause searches a teenager's book bag. If inside the bag the guard finds an illegal weapon, the guard can detain the teenager, call the police and turn ... ...

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... of the most recent cases of police corruption in Washington State is that of Police Chief David Brame. He recently shot his wife in the head, then himself in a shopping mall parking lot in Gig Harbor, Washington. This came just after the media exposed the domestic abuse allegations by his wife. Some think he should have never been a police chief, or ... ...

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