The police may ask to search your home or vehicle to collect evidence during a criminal investigation. Evidence collected could be used against you, leading to criminal charges, fines, incarceration and other repercussions. However, under the Fourth Amendment, the...
Many people instinctively feel anxious when they see police officers approaching. Prior interactions with law enforcement or personal characteristics like skin tone may make people anxious about how law enforcement professionals may treat them. In some cases, police...
Californians have very different perceptions of law enforcement – often dependent on where they live and what their previous interactions or those of people they know have been like in the past. Race plays a big part in those perceptions. While a white person may see...
More retail stores are shifting to the use of self-checkout stations. Instead of using a store associate to help make sure we get all of our items properly scanned and paid for, stores expect us as customers take care of it ourselves. Although there is often an...
Security guards often try to dress in a manner that makes people think of police officers. They do this because when they confront someone whom they suspect of a criminal act, like shoplifting, that person may automatically defer to the perceived authority of their...