Shoemaker v. Allender

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

During an apparently routine burglary investigation in Allentown, Pennsylvania, plaintiff, a police officer with that city, came into contact with a confidential informer, who advised plaintiff that he could secure video tapes of various prominent local. citizens engaged in illegal conduct. Assuming for present purposes the veracity of plaintiff’s allegations Walker Process Equipment Inc. v. Food Machinery & Chemical Corp., 382 U.S. 172, 86 S.Ct. 347, 15 L.Ed.2d 247 (1965), plaintiff reported this exchange to his shift supervisor, who scheduled a…