The past year, 2024, has seen the U.S. Supreme Court issue several decisions of importance to police leaders—not just as police officers but as employers and government employees. And there is more to come. 

Social Media and Public Officials 

When is a public official’s social media account “private” or “government”? The question matters because, on a private account, the public official can ban, block, and censor posts. On a government account, however, the First Amendment places great restrictions on account holder’s ability to control content. As Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett put it in Lindke v. Freed,  

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