LEO Legal 1 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
1. Right to privacy Guaranteed by the 4th Amendment of the Constitution.
2. Consensual en- Occurs when you have voluntary contact with a person who is free to go at any time,
counter free to refuse to answer questions, and decline to identify themselves.
3. Seizure under the A consensual encounter is not considered a seizure.
4th Amendment
4. Mere suspicion A hunch or gut feeling, based on law enforcement training and knowledge.
5. Investigative Based on reasonable suspicion.
stop
6. Reasonable sus- The standard of justification needed to support an investigative stop, established
picion through various sources, requiring articulation of facts that the person stopped
may be involved in committing a law violation.
7. BOLO A description of a vehicle or suspect, always broadcast over the radio.
8. Terry v. Ohio Allows a pat down for weapons in an investigative stop, requiring a reasonable
belief that those stopped are armed, limited to an exterior frisk of clothing.
9. Plain touch/feel Allows an oflcer to seize contraband recognized during a pat down.
doctrine
10. Contraband Anything that is illegal to produce, possess, or transport.
11. Use of force dur- Lawfully allowed under certain circumstances.
ing an investiga-
tive stop
12. Terry stop guide- Incorporated into Florida Statute 901.151.
lines in Florida
13. Pretext Stop
, When an oflcer stops a vehicle for an equipment violation but really wants to
investigate more serious criminal activity.
14. Standard of justi- Probable cause.
fication for arrest
or search
15. Probable cause Based on the totality of circumstances, it is the fair probability or reasonable
grounds to believe a crime has been or is being committed.
16. Proof beyond The standard for finding a person guilty of a crime and sentencing them.
a reasonable
doubt
17. Fourth Amend- Regulates search and seizure.
ment
18. Search Occurs when an oflcer intrudes into a place where a person has a reasonable
expectation of privacy.
19. Seizure Occurs when an oflcer affects a person's right to have or control their property.
20. 4th Amendment Done by a government actor, intrudes into a place not visible to the public, seizure
search elements of evidence, location searched is one with a reasonable expectation of privacy.
21. Suppression of If one of the elements of a 4th Amendment search is not present, it is subject to
evidence suppression.
22. Search warrant Plain view, mobile conveyance, exigent circumstances, open fields.
exceptions
23. Exigent circum- Include destruction of evidence, fresh pursuit, emergency scene, but not admin-
stances istrative inspection.
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1. Right to privacy Guaranteed by the 4th Amendment of the Constitution.
2. Consensual en- Occurs when you have voluntary contact with a person who is free to go at any time,
counter free to refuse to answer questions, and decline to identify themselves.
3. Seizure under the A consensual encounter is not considered a seizure.
4th Amendment
4. Mere suspicion A hunch or gut feeling, based on law enforcement training and knowledge.
5. Investigative Based on reasonable suspicion.
stop
6. Reasonable sus- The standard of justification needed to support an investigative stop, established
picion through various sources, requiring articulation of facts that the person stopped
may be involved in committing a law violation.
7. BOLO A description of a vehicle or suspect, always broadcast over the radio.
8. Terry v. Ohio Allows a pat down for weapons in an investigative stop, requiring a reasonable
belief that those stopped are armed, limited to an exterior frisk of clothing.
9. Plain touch/feel Allows an oflcer to seize contraband recognized during a pat down.
doctrine
10. Contraband Anything that is illegal to produce, possess, or transport.
11. Use of force dur- Lawfully allowed under certain circumstances.
ing an investiga-
tive stop
12. Terry stop guide- Incorporated into Florida Statute 901.151.
lines in Florida
13. Pretext Stop
, When an oflcer stops a vehicle for an equipment violation but really wants to
investigate more serious criminal activity.
14. Standard of justi- Probable cause.
fication for arrest
or search
15. Probable cause Based on the totality of circumstances, it is the fair probability or reasonable
grounds to believe a crime has been or is being committed.
16. Proof beyond The standard for finding a person guilty of a crime and sentencing them.
a reasonable
doubt
17. Fourth Amend- Regulates search and seizure.
ment
18. Search Occurs when an oflcer intrudes into a place where a person has a reasonable
expectation of privacy.
19. Seizure Occurs when an oflcer affects a person's right to have or control their property.
20. 4th Amendment Done by a government actor, intrudes into a place not visible to the public, seizure
search elements of evidence, location searched is one with a reasonable expectation of privacy.
21. Suppression of If one of the elements of a 4th Amendment search is not present, it is subject to
evidence suppression.
22. Search warrant Plain view, mobile conveyance, exigent circumstances, open fields.
exceptions
23. Exigent circum- Include destruction of evidence, fresh pursuit, emergency scene, but not admin-
stances istrative inspection.
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