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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.
Episodes
Legal Issues In PolicingE154| A ‘dropped’ cell phone, distorted evidence & deliberate deception.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Superior Court of Justice decision R. v. Seymour…
Legal Issues In PolicingE153| Invoked right to counsel, impaired investigation & interruption of the implementational duty.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court decision R. v…
Legal Issues In PolicingE152| One man’s trash is another’s evidentiary treasure? Cigarette butts, coffee cups & comparative DNA analysis.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the P.E.I. Supreme Court decision R. v. Gallant, 2026 PESC 31…
Legal Issues In PolicingE151| Impounds, inventories & incriminating finds.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Court of Quebec decision R. v. Reddick, 2026 QCCQ 4237…
Legal Issues In PolicingE150| An arrest, limitations & objective reasonableness.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Justice decision R. v. Nikocevic, 2026…
Legal Issues In PolicingE149| A stolen auto, an arrest, a search & multiple Charter breach allegations.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Justice decision R. v. Angelone, 2026 ONCJ…
Legal Issues In PolicingE148| A pull over, plain view paraphernalia & a provincial police power to search.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision R. v. Randall, 2026 ONCA…
Legal Issues In PolicingE147| Listener Question: Mixed motive searches — permitted or prohibited?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike responds to a listener's question about whether a search would still be…
Legal Issues In PolicingE146| Police misconduct, McNeil & McKee. Lasting effects of an ‘expunged’ discipline record.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Supreme Court of Canada decision Edmonton Police Service v…
Legal Issues In PolicingE145| A horrific crash, RGB & a two-for-one arrest.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision R. v. Hayatibahar, 2026…
Legal Issues In PolicingE144| Crown cannot create your "WHY".
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Saskatchewan Provincial Court decision R. v. Spice, 2026…
Legal Issues In PolicingE143| Does a “NO TRESPASSING” sign vitiate implied licence?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses implied licence and the impact of a "NO TRESPASSING" sign. Does…
Legal Issues In PolicingE142| An automobile, artificial illumination & an arrest. Adequate articulation or wishful thinking?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Quebec Court of Appeal decision R. v. Paul, 2026 QCCA 552…
Legal Issues In PolicingE141| A tip, a trip & a takedown. Building RGB for a big bust.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the BC Court of Appeal decision R. v. Dinh, 2026 BCCA 190…
Legal Issues In PolicingE140| Update: A Singer, the sequel & solving an unresolved issue.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision R. v. Singer, 2026…
Legal Issues In PolicingE139| CYA. Can you articulate?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Manitoba Court of Appeal decision R. v. Francois, 2025 MBCA…
Legal Issues In PolicingE138| Knock & talk. Purpose, privacy & the police.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Supreme Court of Canada decision R. v. Singer, 2026 SCC 8…
Legal Issues In PolicingE137| SCC — Data, decisions & division.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Supreme Court's 2025 Year in Review. How do last year's…
Legal Issues In PolicingE136| A man, a mall & a menacing machete. Assessing a stop, safety searches & the right to counsel.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the BC Supreme Court decision R. v. Watroba, 2025 BCSC 815…
Legal Issues In PolicingE135| Public safety, parole & the power of arrest.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the power to arrest, without warrant, an offender in breach of…
Legal Issues In PolicingE134| A Christmas message.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike offers a Christmas message for all law enforcement officers. Thanks for…
Legal Issues In PolicingE133| To arrest or not (2) arrest? That is the question.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Supreme Court of Canada decision R. v. Carignan, 2025 SCC…
Legal Issues In PolicingE132| Patients, paramedics, privacy & passive police presence. Potted plant or probing participant?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Alberta Court of Appeal decision R. v. Ouellette, 2025 ABCA…
Legal Issues In PolicingE131| s. 10(b) implementational delay & failure to communicate.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision R. v. Dalia, 2025 ONCA 772…
Legal Issues In PolicingE130| Suspected drug deal, no seatbelt & a traffic stop. Pretext or proper police purpose?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision R. v. Jackson, 2025 ONCA…
Legal Issues In PolicingE129| A raised shirt, an underwear waistband & a baggie of blow. When is a search a 'strip search'?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision R. v. Samuels, 2025 ONCA…
Legal Issues In PolicingE128| Are you smarter than a Supreme Court judge? Some might expect you to be.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Supreme Court of Canada decision R. v. Wilson, 2025 SCC 32…
Legal Issues In PolicingE127| Why you do what you do matters!
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision R. v. Brabant, 2025…
Legal Issues In PolicingE126| To knock or not to knock?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision R. v. Ngo, 2025 ONCA 685…
Legal Issues In PolicingE125| A 'CLEW' to understanding search & seizure basics.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike looks back to the basics of search and seizure law by using the acronym…
Legal Issues In PolicingE124| A dropped 911, possible domestic & pocketed cocaine. Was safety search sensible?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the BC Supreme Court decision R. v. Bateman, 2025 BCSC 1780…
Legal Issues In PolicingE123| Did arrest of wrong man make it unlawful?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Alberta Court of Appeal decision R. v. Araya, 2025 ABCA 61…
Legal Issues In PolicingE122| Test for arrest — cumulative, commonsensical & contextual.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the New Brunswick Court of Appeal decision R. v. Breau, 2025…
Legal Issues In PolicingE121| Canada's overall crime down↓; assaults on officers up↑.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses Statistics Canada's most recent crime data from 2024 and once…
Legal Issues In PolicingE120| A fenced yard, flight from arrest, a fight & Feeney.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision R. v. Hoffman, 2025…
Legal Issues In PolicingE119| Does a strip search renew s. 10(b) Charter right to counsel?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision R. v. Thompson, 2025 ONCA…
Legal Issues In PolicingE118| Independent civilian oversight. Cheers, jeers & years!
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains graphic content, including violence, suicide and death…
Legal Issues In PolicingE117| A tip, taxi, time & 10-20. Unreliable report or reasonable grounds for arrest?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Manitoba Court of Appeal decision R. v. Miller, 2025 MBCA…
Legal Issues In PolicingE116| Did apartment search warrant authorize entry through building's common areas to execute it?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the BC Supreme Court decision R. v. Dodd, 2025 BCSC 591 where…
Legal Issues In PolicingE115| A CPIC check, failure to communicate & ca$hing in.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision Shanthakumar Estate v…
Legal Issues In PolicingE114| Taking inventory of an inventory search.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike uses R. v. Cameron, 2025 ONSC 2621 as a springboard to take a deep dive…
Legal Issues In PolicingE113| Don't miss the donut by focussing on its hole!
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Manitoba Court of Appeal decision R. v. Miller, 2025 MBCA…
Legal Issues In PolicingE112| Not all judges sing from the same song sheet.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision R. v. Asante, 2025 ONCA…
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E111| The King's speech & law enforcement most trusted with privacy.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike highlights two topics: 1. The King delivering the Speech from the Throne…
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E110| Right to counsel. Police must proffer grounds for postponement.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision R. v. Brown, 2024 ONCA 763…
Legal Issues In PolicingE109| Happy 'Police Week' & flight from police.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike highlights National Police Week (May 11-17, 2025) and discusses the…
Legal Issues In PolicingE108| Vigilant cops, a video camera & an alleged Charter violation. A provincial court POV.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Manitoba Provincial Court decision R. v. Wiebe, 2025 MBPC…
Legal Issues In PolicingE107| A criminal, a K9 & correcting a confusing Charter conclusion.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the BC Court of Appeal decision R. v. Jaramillo, 2025 BCCA 77…
Legal Issues In PolicingE106| A prisoner, potty & privacy. Constitutional protection for the ‘daily constitutional’?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the BC Provincial Court decision R. v. Bajwa, 2025 BCPC 43…
Legal Issues In PolicingE105| Charter turns 43! Evidence, admissibility & exclusion.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike celebrates the Charter’s 43rd birthday! On April 17, 1982 the Canadian…
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E104| Delaying the right to counsel. Routine practice or reasonable postponement?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Alberta Court of King's Bench decision R. v. Tierney, 2025…
Legal Issues In PolicingE103| Supreme Court. Loonies, time lapses & split decisions.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains graphic content, including suicide, which may shock…
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E102| I.I.Oh-oh. Data, decision making & delay.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses BC’s Independent Investigations Office (IIO) and referrals to…
Legal Issues In PolicingE101| No magazine, no problem. Handgun still an operable 'firearm'.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Supreme Court of Canada decision R. v. Donawa, 2025 SCC 10…
Legal Issues In PolicingE100| Creativity, criticism & crime prevention. Parenting, policing & pragmatism.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses a crime prevention project he spearheaded called “OPERATION…
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E99| Mental illness, cognitive capacity & the right to counsel.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision R. v. Kostuk, 2025 ONCA…
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E98| Case law classic. Location + shock + movement + safety ALERT ⇉ detention ⇉ car search.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Ontario Court of Appeal decision R. v. Plummer, 2011 ONCA…
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E97| A pervert, a penis & a parking lot. Public place or private space?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal decision R. v. Harpold, 2024…
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E96| Case law classic. Anonymous tip + corroboration ⇉ arrest ⇉ drug bust.
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike discusses the case law classic R. v. Jir, 2010 BCCA 497 where a police…
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E95| Confidence polling in public institutions. How did the police stack up?
Provide your feedback here. Anonymously send me a text message. In this episode, Mike again discusses recent survey results from Statistics Canada about the…