Police Law
With more than 20 years experience defending police officers and helping create preventative department policies, Sturgill Turner attorneys bring the skills and knowledge needed to represent police departments and officers facing legal issues. With the institutional expertise of former Kentucky State Police Trooper and Lt. Colonel, Scott Miller, Sturgill Turner’s Government and Municipal Law group is distinctively credentialed to defend the expanding area of lawsuits filed against police officers, such as malicious prosecution, illegal search and seizure, false arrest and excessive force. Charley Cole has litigated Kentucky’s Police Officer Bill of Rights all the way to the Kentucky Supreme Court.
POLICE OFFICER LIABILITY
Scott Miller has 24 years of law enforcement experience, which means he understands first-hand the issues and stress that police officers face on the job. He works hard to minimize the disruption that litigation can have on a police officer’s ability to effectively enforce the law and protect the community.
Sturgill Turner offers:
Legal Counsel for Officers Involved in a Shooting or Critical Incident: Our attorneys are available to consult with the officer and travel to the officer’s location. We can represent the officer during interviews with investigators, review written statements made by the officer, and represent the officer throughout the investigation of the shooting or critical incident.
Legal Defense: Sturgill Turner has more than 40 years’ collective experience representing the law enforcement community at trial and on appeal. Our attorneys have successfully represented police personnel and/or police departments against claims under investigation, brought to jury trial, and on appeal.
INVESTIGATIONS
Sturgill Turner has also expanded its services to include independent investigations within police departments. Sturgill Turner has extensive knowledge in police policies and procedures that is enhanced by attorney and former KSP Lt. Colonel Scott Miller. Our attorneys are well-equipped to conduct employment and departmental investigations.
DEPARTMENT POLICIES & PROCEDURES
Sturgill Turner has extensive experience representing cities in the process of disciplining or terminating police officers and firefighters. Charley Cole has litigated Kentucky’s Police Officer Bill of Rights all the way to the Kentucky Supreme Court. Sturgill Turner offers:
Policy Review and other Consultation: We have also been retained to review police procedures and policies, particularly in the high-risk areas of police pursuits, racial profiling, use of force, deadly force and privacy issues involving body-worn cameras. We also provide legal consultation regarding agencies’ day-to-day operations as well as assist in internal affairs investigations.
Training and Seminars: Our attorneys are recognized for providing training and seminars to police officers and law enforcement groups throughout the country regarding officer-involved shootings, body-worn cameras, civil liability, discrimination, harassment and other current issues affecting law enforcement.
SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY
Our strong understanding of the various complex immunities available to public entities has contributed to our successes arguing and advancing the concepts of sovereign immunity and qualified official immunity applicable to governmental and quasi-governmental entities.
