OK: Under collective knowledge, arresting officer doesn’t need all the details

Under the collective knowledge doctrine, all the details don’t have to be passed on to the arresting officer to make the arrest legal. State v. Iven, 2014 OK CR 8; 2014 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 7 (July 25, 2014).

Plaintiff filed a § 1983 excessive force and ADA case against St. Louis County and Taser International, the manufacturer of Tasers. Plaintiff was completely psychotic and was walking around the neighborhood naked and claiming to be God. When he got back to his house, an altercation ensued, and the police were called. Plaintiff was repeatedly Tasered and still would not submit, apparently because of his mental state. The officers and county get qualified immunity, and the Taser instruction manual did not create any clearly established right. De Boise v. Taser Int’l, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 14276 (8th Cir. July 28, 2014).*

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