Question 1 (1 point)
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A _________ must be limited initially to a pat-down of a person's outer clothing.
Question 1 options:
search
frisk
warrantless search
None of the answers are correct.
Question 2 (1 point)
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Officer Blake is on routine patrol in a neighborhood he regularly patrols. When he observes two young
males pushing and shoving two other young males, yelling obscenities, and threatening to hurt the
others, he stops his patrol car at the curb. He calls the dispatcher for backup and exits the car. As he
exits the car and approaches the four, he does not recognize any of the four. Two of the males are
wearing jackets with bulges in the right pockets of the jackets.
Officer Blake does not see any weapons, but the bulges in the jackets could be handguns. The four
stop the pushing and shoving as he approaches. He can
Question 2 options:
frisk all four.
frisk the largest person.
make reasonable inquiries.
search all four for drugs.
Question 3 (1 point)
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In which respect are a stop and an arrest similar? Both:
Question 3 options:
require probable cause.
require reasonable suspicion.
are usually conducted with a warrant.
, are Fourth Amendment seizures of a person.
Question 4 (1 point)
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Officer Gomez observes a woman leaving a known drug house, walking down the sidewalk, casting
glances at the officer in her patrol car. The woman meets up with two other women, both of whom are
wearing long coats, while the outside temperature is very warm. All three women walk together away
from the officer. Officer Gomez sees one of the women throw a bag away. She stops and her partner
exits the patrol car, runs to the bag, and picks it up. Her partner returns to the car and tells Officer
Gomez that the bag contains a white powdery substance.
What may the officers do about an object like a small rock or marble that is not clearly a weapon she
feels in a pocket of one of the women?
Question 4 options:
Manipulate the object to try to determine what it is
Pull the object out of the person's pocket
Ask the person to remove the object from her pocket
Nothing
Question 5 (1 point)
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Under what circumstances can a frisk lawfully take place after a stop? Only:
Question 5 options:
if justified by concerns for safety.
if justified by the need to find evidence.
if justified to look for drugs.
no justification is required.
Question 6 (1 point)
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In the absence of some justification, the overt display of police weapons during a stop may convert the
stop into a/an:
Question 6 options:
seizure.
Saved
A _________ must be limited initially to a pat-down of a person's outer clothing.
Question 1 options:
search
frisk
warrantless search
None of the answers are correct.
Question 2 (1 point)
Saved
Officer Blake is on routine patrol in a neighborhood he regularly patrols. When he observes two young
males pushing and shoving two other young males, yelling obscenities, and threatening to hurt the
others, he stops his patrol car at the curb. He calls the dispatcher for backup and exits the car. As he
exits the car and approaches the four, he does not recognize any of the four. Two of the males are
wearing jackets with bulges in the right pockets of the jackets.
Officer Blake does not see any weapons, but the bulges in the jackets could be handguns. The four
stop the pushing and shoving as he approaches. He can
Question 2 options:
frisk all four.
frisk the largest person.
make reasonable inquiries.
search all four for drugs.
Question 3 (1 point)
Saved
In which respect are a stop and an arrest similar? Both:
Question 3 options:
require probable cause.
require reasonable suspicion.
are usually conducted with a warrant.
, are Fourth Amendment seizures of a person.
Question 4 (1 point)
Saved
Officer Gomez observes a woman leaving a known drug house, walking down the sidewalk, casting
glances at the officer in her patrol car. The woman meets up with two other women, both of whom are
wearing long coats, while the outside temperature is very warm. All three women walk together away
from the officer. Officer Gomez sees one of the women throw a bag away. She stops and her partner
exits the patrol car, runs to the bag, and picks it up. Her partner returns to the car and tells Officer
Gomez that the bag contains a white powdery substance.
What may the officers do about an object like a small rock or marble that is not clearly a weapon she
feels in a pocket of one of the women?
Question 4 options:
Manipulate the object to try to determine what it is
Pull the object out of the person's pocket
Ask the person to remove the object from her pocket
Nothing
Question 5 (1 point)
Saved
Under what circumstances can a frisk lawfully take place after a stop? Only:
Question 5 options:
if justified by concerns for safety.
if justified by the need to find evidence.
if justified to look for drugs.
no justification is required.
Question 6 (1 point)
Saved
In the absence of some justification, the overt display of police weapons during a stop may convert the
stop into a/an:
Question 6 options:
seizure.
