Police Sergeant Practice Exam Updated Actual
Question and Answer (2026/2027) | 100%
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• Unreasonable -✓✓ Any search or seizure not based upon a warrant is considered
unreasonable unless an exception exists, e.g., consent, exigency circumstances,
vehicle searches, stop and frisk, etc.
• United States Supreme Court -✓✓ Held that police could conduct a warrantless search
with the consent of the occupant who possesses common authority over the premises
even if another occupant has objected to the search, but is physically absent from the
premises due to a lawful detention or arrest
• cell phone information -✓✓ Cannot be viewed or accessed in any way without a
warrant. This holding is the same as the Florida Supreme Court's holding in Small v.s.
State.
• What would happen if an officer or prosecutor view a defendant cell phone without a
warrant -✓✓ The evidence can be suppressed
• Can a officer view a defendant's cell phone during a search incident to arrest -✓✓ No
• When can a officer use what he viewed as evidence in a defendant's cell phone ? -✓✓
While a search incident to arrest warrant exception is still clearly valid.
• When is a officer required to give noticed of his office and the purpose of his presence
-✓✓ When on duty, to enter the premises of another for the purpose of executing a
search warrant or effecting an arrest with or without a warrant
• When can an officer use forced to gain admittance -✓✓ After the officer has
announced their authority and purpose in order to make an arrest either by warrant or
for a felony with or without a warrant
• Can an officer make entry if the property does not belong to the person of interest -✓✓
Yes, if there is reason to believe that the person of interest is there.
• Arrest can be made with warrant and for warrantless arrest -✓✓ DUE TO EXIGENT
CIRCUMSTANCES AND HOT PURSUIT.
• When is a arrest warrant and a search warrant required -✓✓ If the suspect to be
arrested is believed to be located at a third party's residence.
Question and Answer (2026/2027) | 100%
Verified Answers
• Unreasonable -✓✓ Any search or seizure not based upon a warrant is considered
unreasonable unless an exception exists, e.g., consent, exigency circumstances,
vehicle searches, stop and frisk, etc.
• United States Supreme Court -✓✓ Held that police could conduct a warrantless search
with the consent of the occupant who possesses common authority over the premises
even if another occupant has objected to the search, but is physically absent from the
premises due to a lawful detention or arrest
• cell phone information -✓✓ Cannot be viewed or accessed in any way without a
warrant. This holding is the same as the Florida Supreme Court's holding in Small v.s.
State.
• What would happen if an officer or prosecutor view a defendant cell phone without a
warrant -✓✓ The evidence can be suppressed
• Can a officer view a defendant's cell phone during a search incident to arrest -✓✓ No
• When can a officer use what he viewed as evidence in a defendant's cell phone ? -✓✓
While a search incident to arrest warrant exception is still clearly valid.
• When is a officer required to give noticed of his office and the purpose of his presence
-✓✓ When on duty, to enter the premises of another for the purpose of executing a
search warrant or effecting an arrest with or without a warrant
• When can an officer use forced to gain admittance -✓✓ After the officer has
announced their authority and purpose in order to make an arrest either by warrant or
for a felony with or without a warrant
• Can an officer make entry if the property does not belong to the person of interest -✓✓
Yes, if there is reason to believe that the person of interest is there.
• Arrest can be made with warrant and for warrantless arrest -✓✓ DUE TO EXIGENT
CIRCUMSTANCES AND HOT PURSUIT.
• When is a arrest warrant and a search warrant required -✓✓ If the suspect to be
arrested is believed to be located at a third party's residence.
