ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY
PHASE II COMPETENCIES 2026
EXPERT VERIFED ACE THE
TEST
reasonable expectation of privacy - ANSWER ✔✔certain areas or
aspects of one's personal life in which a reasonable person would
expect some level of privacy
types of evidence - ANSWER ✔✔testimony, physical, direct,
demonstrated, circumstantial
liver mortis - ANSWER ✔✔8-12 hours after death, the blood begins to
settle
,rigor mortis - ANSWER ✔✔6-24 hours after death, the body stiffens
algor mortis - ANSWER ✔✔cooling of the body after death
curtilage - ANSWER ✔✔the area immediately surrounding the home
lunge area - ANSWER ✔✔defined as the immediate area in which
someone could 'lunge' to grab a weapon or evidence. usually 2-3 steps
from the subject
carroll doctrine (automobile exception) - ANSWER ✔✔warrantless
search exception to search a vehicle only if there is PC that the vehicle
was concerned in the commission of a crime
2 requirements for consent - ANSWER ✔✔1. must be voluntarily and
intelligently given
2. must be given by the person who has authority to give it
areas in which there is no expectation of privacy - ANSWER ✔✔open
fields
abandoned property
dog sniffs in public areas
plain view
, search incident to arrest - ANSWER ✔✔search of the person being
arrested and the immediate area surrounding them (lunge area)
3 reasons to search a lunge area during search incident to arrest -
ANSWER ✔✔1. officer safety (look for weapons)
2. prevent escape
3. preserve evidence
legal standard for the seizure of evidence - ANSWER ✔✔1. evidence
must be discovered by a lawful search
2. evidence must be connected to a crime
3. evidence must be discovered in an area that was legally able to be
searched
4. evidence must be discovered by an officer actually searching for it
types of searches - ANSWER ✔✔visual search
pat down (frisk)
full body search
in custody search
strip search
body content search
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