Legal Issues In Policing
Legal Issues in Policing (LIIP) is the podcast blending the demands of the book with the rulings from the bench through the lens of the badge. Police Officers with a solid understanding of the law and their legal powers are more confident, competent and effective. Each episode will examine a legal issue in policing by reviewing current Canadian criminal case law from coast to coast to coast.
Podcasting since 2022 • 138 episodes
Legal Issues In Policing
Latest Episodes
E138| Knock & talk. Purpose, privacy & the police.
In this episode, Mike discusses the Supreme Court of Canada decision R. v. Singer, 2026 SCC 8 where police, responding to a reported impaired driver, saw...
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Season 5
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38:00
E137| SCC — Data, decisions & division.
In this episode, Mike discusses the Supreme Court's 2025 Year in Review. How do last year's numbers stack up against previous years? And how often does the court disagree on the outcome o...
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Season 5
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12:47
E136| A man, a mall & a menacing machete. Assessing a stop, safety searches & the right to counsel.
In this episode, Mike discusses the BC Supreme Court decision R. v. Watroba, 2025 BCSC 815 where police saw a man, who they recognized as someone known to be i...
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Season 5
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31:30
E135| Public safety, parole & the power of arrest.
In this episode, Mike discusses the power to arrest, without warrant, an offender in breach of their conditional release — unescorted temporary absence, parole or statutory release — and how the authority under s. 137.1 of the Corrections a...
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Season 5
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