CPD EXAM 6 | Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Updated &Verified | 2024-2025 |
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1. Define reasonable suspicion - ✔✔n. Reasonable Suspicion is the amount of evidence which justifies an
officer stopping a suspect to investigate crime. This type of seizure is known as a Terry stop.
Circumstances when a stop is authorized. - ✔✔1. When a police officer has a reasonable suspicion,
based on articulable facts, that an individual may be engaged in unlawful conduct, or is about to commit
a crime, the officer has the right to stop that individual and inquire as to his or her identity, purpose, and
otherwise investigate the suspicions.
Reasonable suspicion based on articulable facts requires that the officer be able to point to actual
circumstances - FACTS - which make his or her suspicion reasonable. - ✔✔1. Unsubstantiated hunches,
or suspicion not backed up by facts, will justify neither the stop nor the frisk.
4. *Recognize circumstances when a frisk is authorized. - ✔✔1. Incident to such a stop, IF the officer also
has reasonable suspicion, based on articulable facts, which lead the officer to believe that the individual
stopped could be armed and may be dangerous to the officer or to others, the officer may frisk the
outer clothing of the person for purpose of determining whether the person is carrying a weapon.
Frisk or pat down - ✔✔limited search of outer garments for weapons only
1. According to Minnesota v. Dickerson, what else may an officer seize during a frisk? - ✔✔Contraband
1. According to Terry v. Ohio, what may the officer seize during a frisk? - ✔✔Weapons
1. Describe the "scope of the frisk" (physically what is the officer doing and what is the officer searching
for)? - ✔✔- Patting outer clothing, looking for weapons or hard objects that can be used as a weapon
(for your safety)
1. When is a "frisk" of a suspect lawful? - ✔✔- Reasonable suspicion / person is armed and dangerous
(not automatic)
- After a lawful temporary detention
, - Limited search of outer garments for weapons only
Contraband: - ✔✔any property the possession or transportation of which is illegal. Typical examples are
narcotics and illegal weapons. Keep in mind that this is what police are interested in searching for and
seizing.
"Open Fields" - ✔✔are not protected by the Fourth Amendment. An open field is beyond the curtilage
of the home. A person has no legitimate expectation of privacy in and open field and the police can look
into that type of area without a warrant, without probable cause, regardless of the fact that the
property is privately owned.
Abandoned" - ✔✔property is not protected by the Fourth Amendment. Trash put out on the curb, or
property in which a person disclaims a possessory interest, are examples of abandoned property. Once
property is abandoned the police may look in it and /or take it without a warrant, without probable
cause.
When is a search warrant required? - ✔✔- Expectation of privacy
1. What is "contraband?" - ✔✔- Any property the possession or transportation of which is illegal.
- Ex: narcotics & illegal weapons
What is the name of the case which described a two-part test for whether or not someone has an
expectation of privacy in an area? - - ✔✔U.S. v Katz
1. Describe the test outlined in the case above. - ✔✔1. Did the person have a subjective or actual
expectation of privacy in the area?
2. Was the expectation reasonable, one that society would recognize?
Recognize examples of places for which a search warrant would be required. Consider the following: -
✔✔1. (1) a person, (2) a church, (3) a reporters home. Does the general warrant requirement apply to
these areas? - Yes, expectation of privacy in all situations
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1. Define reasonable suspicion - ✔✔n. Reasonable Suspicion is the amount of evidence which justifies an
officer stopping a suspect to investigate crime. This type of seizure is known as a Terry stop.
Circumstances when a stop is authorized. - ✔✔1. When a police officer has a reasonable suspicion,
based on articulable facts, that an individual may be engaged in unlawful conduct, or is about to commit
a crime, the officer has the right to stop that individual and inquire as to his or her identity, purpose, and
otherwise investigate the suspicions.
Reasonable suspicion based on articulable facts requires that the officer be able to point to actual
circumstances - FACTS - which make his or her suspicion reasonable. - ✔✔1. Unsubstantiated hunches,
or suspicion not backed up by facts, will justify neither the stop nor the frisk.
4. *Recognize circumstances when a frisk is authorized. - ✔✔1. Incident to such a stop, IF the officer also
has reasonable suspicion, based on articulable facts, which lead the officer to believe that the individual
stopped could be armed and may be dangerous to the officer or to others, the officer may frisk the
outer clothing of the person for purpose of determining whether the person is carrying a weapon.
Frisk or pat down - ✔✔limited search of outer garments for weapons only
1. According to Minnesota v. Dickerson, what else may an officer seize during a frisk? - ✔✔Contraband
1. According to Terry v. Ohio, what may the officer seize during a frisk? - ✔✔Weapons
1. Describe the "scope of the frisk" (physically what is the officer doing and what is the officer searching
for)? - ✔✔- Patting outer clothing, looking for weapons or hard objects that can be used as a weapon
(for your safety)
1. When is a "frisk" of a suspect lawful? - ✔✔- Reasonable suspicion / person is armed and dangerous
(not automatic)
- After a lawful temporary detention
, - Limited search of outer garments for weapons only
Contraband: - ✔✔any property the possession or transportation of which is illegal. Typical examples are
narcotics and illegal weapons. Keep in mind that this is what police are interested in searching for and
seizing.
"Open Fields" - ✔✔are not protected by the Fourth Amendment. An open field is beyond the curtilage
of the home. A person has no legitimate expectation of privacy in and open field and the police can look
into that type of area without a warrant, without probable cause, regardless of the fact that the
property is privately owned.
Abandoned" - ✔✔property is not protected by the Fourth Amendment. Trash put out on the curb, or
property in which a person disclaims a possessory interest, are examples of abandoned property. Once
property is abandoned the police may look in it and /or take it without a warrant, without probable
cause.
When is a search warrant required? - ✔✔- Expectation of privacy
1. What is "contraband?" - ✔✔- Any property the possession or transportation of which is illegal.
- Ex: narcotics & illegal weapons
What is the name of the case which described a two-part test for whether or not someone has an
expectation of privacy in an area? - - ✔✔U.S. v Katz
1. Describe the test outlined in the case above. - ✔✔1. Did the person have a subjective or actual
expectation of privacy in the area?
2. Was the expectation reasonable, one that society would recognize?
Recognize examples of places for which a search warrant would be required. Consider the following: -
✔✔1. (1) a person, (2) a church, (3) a reporters home. Does the general warrant requirement apply to
these areas? - Yes, expectation of privacy in all situations
