What are Racially motivated traffic stops training class- 1/28/2022 ONLINE WITH ZOOM Instructor: Chief Brian Kyes
Glen Mills
WHAT ARE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TRAFFIC STOPS? The NEW STANDARD ON POLICE
Instructor: Chief Brian Kyes, Esq.
Friday: January 28, 2022
Online with convenient ZOOM Platform
The seminar will run from 9:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m.
The cost for this seminar will be $175.00 per person.
To register, please contact Paula Heagney at 508-989-9848 or fax us at 508-622-1820 or go to www.policelegacy.com to register
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a ground-breaking decision on racial justice in Commonwealth v. Long, SJC-12868, when they agreed that the previous remedy for addressing racially motivated traffic stops under the equal protection clause of the state and federal constitutions, a statistical showing articulated in Commonwealth v. Lora, was inadequate and unworkable.
The SJC announced a new standard for defendants to challenge police stops for Selective Enforcement of the Traffic Laws Based on Race.
Now, the SJC has placed the ultimate burden on the Commonwealth if a motor vehicle has been motivated by race.
We will discuss the following:
- What is the new standard for judges to determine if a traffic stop was motivated by race?
- What guidance was given by the SJC to judges in determining an impermissible basis for the MV stop?
- What effect does Commonwealth v. Long (2020) have on each police officer?
- If the motion judge finds for the defendant that the stop was motivated by race, what impact would that have on the police officer’s certification with P.O.S.T.?
- Can a police officer be decertified by P.O.S.T if a Commonwealth v. Long motion is found for the defendant?
- How do police departments need to prepare for Commonwealth v. Long motions?
- What have District Attorney’s been doing to prepare for Commonwealth v. Long motions?
- What data does your department need to track?
- Are pretextual MV stops lawful?
- Do defendants need conclusive evidence to prove that a traffic stop was motivated by racial bias means?
- What are the Commonwealth v. Long totality factors?
- Can non-statistical evidence be introduced by the defendant to prove a MV stop was racial motivated?
- What effect does Commonwealth v. Long have on Detectives and Drug Officers?
- What does “reasonable inference” mean?
Please make check payable to Commonwealth Police Legacy, Inc. and send to PO Box 752 Norton, MA 02766
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