In this episode of The Conditions Report, Don examines how time itself becomes the most unstable element in a violent encounter, stretching, compressing, and changing the legal gravity of every…
In this episode of The Conditions Report, Don examines a small measure of time that becomes enormous once every second has to be explained. The case is Gill v. City of Margate. The allegation is a…
In this episode of The Conditions Report, Don reconstructs a few minutes at a Denver Walmart that later became a published Tenth Circuit decision on the difference between detention, frisk, search,…
In this episode of The Conditions Report, Don examines a Sixth Circuit decision that will not look like a use of force manifesto on first read, but will decide whether an officer's report can still be…
In this episode of The Conditions Report, Don expands on a panel discussion from the 2026 California Force Instructors Association conference in the City of Industry. The short format left several…
In this episode of The Conditions Report, Don examines a Ninth Circuit decision that turns a six-second window into a lasting lesson on command, compliance, and constitutional accountability. The case…
In this episode of The Conditions Report, Don examines a 2025 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in United States v. Williams. The case addresses what officers may do during…
In this episode of The Conditions Report, Don examines one of the most common ways otherwise solid police work collapses in court. Not because of force. Not because of intent. But because of the…
In this episode of The Conditions Report, Don breaks down one of the most misunderstood cases in California policing, People v. Ramey (1976). What begins as a simple burglary investigation involving a…
In this episode of The Conditions Report, Don examines the Eighth Circuit decision in Mohamud v. Weyker decided July 23 2025. The ruling addresses when cross-deputized local officers acting on federal…
