North Dakota Investigator Forced to Return Reporter's Phone After Unlawful Confiscation
Reporter Tom Simon had been covering closed-door meetings on a school district superintendent's departure that are being investigated by local police.
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Reporter Tom Simon had been covering closed-door meetings on a school district superintendent's departure that are being investigated by local police.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota police investigator violated state law by...
North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says a police investigator violated state law by confiscating a radio journalist's cellphone without a valid warrant and has been forced to return the device
WILLISTON, N.D. - North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says a police investigator violated state law by confiscating a radio journalist's cel...
This situation deserves something more than a mea culpa from Stenehjem and the BCI. We need to make sure that Remus and other law enforcement agents across the state understand North Dakota's shield law for reporters, and the importance of the work reporters do.