Author: Chief Ken Wallentine

KEN WALLENTINE is police chief of the West Jordan (Utah) Police Department and former chief of law enforcement for the Utah attorney general. He has served over three decades in public safety, is a legal expert and editor of Xiphos, a monthly national criminal procedure newsletter. Wallentine is a member of the board of directors of the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Death and serves as a use of force consultant in state and federal criminal and civil litigation across the nation.

Overdose Death Brings Legal Woes for Jail Employee

Overdose Death Brings Legal Woes for Jail Employee

Gillman v. City of Troy, 2025 WL 262331 (6th Cir. 2025) In Michigan, Megan Miller was arrested for a parole violation and booked into the City of Troy’s pretrial detention facility. When she was booked, she told detention staff she had used heroin an hour before....

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