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March 24, 2010
Events

10 Rules for Dealing with Police
Featuring Tim Lynch
September 11, 2008
Policy Forum

Should No-Knock Police Raids be Rare-or Routine?
The Prince George’s County police department is under fire for a recent drug raid on the home of Berwyn Heights mayor Cheye Calvo. Unbeknownst to Calvo, a box containing marijuana was delivered to his home. Shortly thereafter, police officers …
September 11, 2008
Events

Should No-Knock Police Raids be Rare-or Routine?
The Prince George’s County police department is under fire for a recent drug raid on the home of Berwyn Heights mayor Cheye Calvo. Unbeknownst to Calvo, a box containing marijuana was delivered to his home. Shortly thereafter, police officers …
Featuring Cheye Calvo, Radley Balko, Peter Christ, & Tim Lynch
September 12, 2006
Policy Forum

Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America
… having their homes invaded while they’re sleeping. In a new Cato Institute white paper, Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America, policy analyst Radley Balko looks at this disturbing trend in police work and analyzes the drug …
September 12, 2006
Events

Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America
… having their homes invaded while they’re sleeping. In a new Cato Institute white paper, Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America, policy analyst Radley Balko looks at this disturbing trend in police work and analyzes the drug …
Featuring Radley Balko
May 15, 2001
Events

Racial Profiling: Good Police Tactic—or Harassment?
Featuring Tim Lynch
May 15, 2001
Policy Forum

Racial Profiling: Good Police Tactic—or Harassment?
Featuring Reuben Greenberg, Chief of Police, Charleston, S.C.; Nkechi Taifa, Howard University, School of Law; Timothy Lynch, Cato Institute.
Topics

Police Tactics and Misconduct
Police Tactics and Misconduct Since the 1980s the federal government has prompted the militarization of federal, state, and local law enforcement. That militarization has led not only to well‐publicized disasters, but to a widespread increase in violent law enforcement …
Topics

End Qualified Immunity
End Qualified Immunity Qualified immunity is a judicial doctrine that shields public officials, like police officers, from liability when they break the law. Cato’s Project on Criminal Justice chose to make the elimination of qualified immunity one of its …
Topics

Free Speech and Civil Liberties
… than ever before, criminalizes more activities every year, regulates and sometimes interferes with the content of broadcasting, and assumes unprecedented police and prosecutorial powers. The best way to protect civil liberties is to rein in the scope and power of …
May 6, 2025
Legal Briefs

Paz v. Hayden
Plaintiff-Appellant Richard Allen Paz was at home when armed police officers broke into his backyard and ordered him outside at gunpoint. They had an arrest warrant for a fugitive, whom Mr. Paz denied knowing. Officers lacked a search warrant …
By Clark Neily, Matthew Cavedon, Mike Fox, & Laura Bondank
April 30, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Best of Cato Daily Podcast: You Have the Right to Remain Innocent
… one among the best episodes produced in his tenure, selected by the host and listeners.Don’t talk to the police, even if you want to help them solve a crime. James Duane says that’s the advice police and …
Featuring James Duane and Caleb O. Brown
February 25, 2025
Cato Daily Podcast

Your Body, Their Rules
When police lean on medical professionals to violate their oaths, there is good news about how seriously those professionals take that pledge. Jeff Singer and Mike Fox comment.
Featuring Jeffrey A. Singer, Mike Fox, and Caleb O. Brown
November 20, 2024
Legal Briefs

Barnes v. Felix
… the use of deadly force, including poor tactical decisions made by officers and the nature of the offense at issue.Police officers are trained to presume the worst in even the most mundane encounters and react accordingly. When officers make …
By Matthew Cavedon and Mike Fox
November 4, 2024
Legal Briefs

Ambler v. Nissen
… sheriff’s deputy tried to pull him over for failing to dim his lights. Ambler failed to stop and led police on a 20-minute, high-speed chase, which ended when he crashed into some trees. Police tased Ambler as …
By Clark Neily and Matthew Cavedon