Bye-bye Belton? Supreme Court Decision Shifts Authority for Vehicle Searches from Automatic to Manual

he state of Arizona can always be counted on to provide U.S. Supreme Court decisions that change the way law enforcement officers do business, and Arizona v. Gant, decided April 21, 2009, is no exception.1 The Gant decision changes the landscape dramatically with regard to an officer’s authority to conduct a warrantless search of a … Continue reading Bye-bye Belton? Supreme Court Decision Shifts Authority for Vehicle Searches from Automatic to Manual