Publications

K9 Officers Legal Handbook
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The New TASER Aim Points: A Hit or Miss? Law Officer Magazine, January 2010.
The Risky Continuum: Abandoning the Use of Force Continuum to Enhance Risk Management, The Municipal Lawyer, August 2009. Human Scent Lineup Evidence, Police K9, July 2009.
Explosive Detector Dog Legal Issues, K9 Cop Magazine, February 2009.
The K9 Officer's Legal Handbook (available now from LexisNexis)
Does Police Service Dog Depolyment Equal Deadly Force, K9 Cop Magazine, April 2009.
Acknowledging Gender in Physical Fitness Standards for Law Enforcement Officers, The Municipal Lawyer, January 2008.
Street Legal: A Guide to Pre-Trial Criminal Procedure for Police, Prosecutors and Defenders (now available from the American Bar Association and in college and university bookstores).
Effective Court Testimony, Police K9, Winter 2006.
Mission Readiness: Emergency Preparation for the Law Enforcement Officer.
Criminal Procedure: The Street Cop's Guide, Aspen Press 2005.
Conduct Unbecoming an Officer, The Municipal Lawyer, January, 2005.
Limits on Off-Duty Police Employment, The Municipal Lawyer, Spring 2004.
Conjugal Prison Visits, Corrections Manager, March, 2003.
Life in the Law, BYU Press 2002, co-author.
Investigating In-Custody Death, Corrections Manager, October 2002.
Police Canine Risk Management, The Municipal Lawyer, July 2002.
The New Paradigm of Firearms Training, IADLEST News, Spring 2001.
Use of Deadly Force Instructor Curriculum (monograph), POST, Spring 2001.
Pepper Spray as Use of Force, Police, October 2000.
Are Drug Courts the Wave of the Future?, Police, April 2000.
Legal Risks of Tactical Operation, Police, April 1999.
Dogs of War (K9 Use of Force)/FLSA & K9 Handlers, Police, December 1998/January 1999.
No-knock & Nighttime Searches, Police, September 1998.
The Respectable Roadblock Ruse, Police, June 1998.
If at First You Don’t Succeed . . ., Clark Memorandum, Fall 1998.
Preparing and Executing Search Warrants (monograph 1998).
Taking a Real Bite Out of Crime: Successful Risk Management for K9 Programs, Utah Peace Officer, Summer 1996.
Lobbying, PACs and Campaign Finance, West Publishing 1994, co-author.
Apostles of Equality, Clark Memorandum (Fall 1992).
Heeding the Call: Search and Seizure Jurisprudence Under Article I, Section 14, of the Utah Constitution, 17 Utah Journal of Contemporary Law 267 (1991).
RICO & the Prime: Taking a Bite out of Crime?, 2 Utah Bar Journal 7 (1991).
Margaret Bush Wilson and Shelley v. Kraemer, 4 B.Y.U. J. Pub. Law 207 (1990).
Wilderness Water Rights: The Status of Reserved Rights After the Tarr Opinion, 4 B.Y.U. J. Pub. Law 357 (1989).
Negligent Hiring: The Dual Sting of Pre-Employment Investigation, 8 Utah B.J. 15 (1989).