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The most significant element that effects a department's reputation. - correct answer.
The community's confidence in the police.
combat effective area - correct answer. pelvic region up to the eyeballs
The weight of bullets is measured in ________________. - correct answer. grains
ethics - correct answer. establish principles of right behavior that serve as guides for
individual or group actions.
Peace officers are responsible for this during a lawsuit. - correct answer. punitive
damages
Best time to use a shotgun - correct answer. For perimeter shooting
exclusionary rule - correct answer. illegally gathered evidence (physical or testimonial)
may not be introduced in a criminal trial
4th Amendment - correct answer. Protection against Unreasonable Search and
Seizure
"Fruits of the Poisonous Tree" Doctrine - correct answer. excludes evidence acquired
as an INDIRECT result of police misconduct.
probable cause - correct answer. "reasonable grounds to believe", needed for an
arrest and search warrant
Exceptions to the Exclusionary Rule - correct answer. good faith, inevitable discovery,
independent source
Reasonable Suspicion - correct answer. based upon reasonable inferences and
articulable facts; needed for a terry stop.
, Developing reasonable suspicion - correct answer. personal observations, suspect
behavior, hearsay, officer's training/special knowledge
warrant - correct answer. A legal paper, issued by a court, giving police permission to
make an arrest, seizure, or search.
summons - correct answer. issued by the court, commanding a person to appear in a
specific location.
NTA - correct answer. issued by an officer, requesting a person to appear in a specific
location on a specific time and date.
Is an arrest a "seizure" under the fourth amendment? - correct answer. Yes
Is a Terry Stop a "seizure" under the 4th amendment? - correct answer. Yes
What needs to be in an NTA? - correct answer. offender's name and address, nature
of the offense, location of appearance, date and time, statement that failure to appear
could result in a summons or warrant, your signature. No legal requirement for a
suspect's signature.
Fresh Pursuit - correct answer. A legal doctrine that permits a Law-Enforcement
Officer to arrest a fleeing suspect who crosses jurisdictional lines
Arizona v. Gant (2009) - correct answer. requires law enforcement officers to
demonstrate an actual and continuing threat to their safety posed by an arrestee, or a
need to preserve evidence related to the crime of arrest from tampering by the arrestee,
in order to justify a warrant-less vehicular search incident to arrest conducted after the
vehicle's recent occupants have been arrested and secured.
U.S. v. Ross (1982) - correct answer. legal warrantless automobile search allows
closed containers found in the trunk to be searched
Carroll Doctrine - correct answer. 3 conditions for vehicle search: PC exists, vehicle is
mobile, and it is on a public roadway.
An arrest warrant is valid until _______ - correct answer. it is executed or quashed.
What amount of time is given to execute a search warrant? - correct answer. 96 hours
statement - correct answer. a recounting of a suspect's or witness' knowledge of
criminal matter; the content of a statement might amount to an admission or confession.
admission - correct answer. statement by the suspect that acknowledges a fact that
implicates the suspect in the crime- a statement or conduct from which guilt might be