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Items that may be seized pursuant to a valid warrant ✔Correct Answer-Anything described in
the warrant.
Authority and scope of search warrants regarding electronic devices and cell phones
✔Correct Answer-An officer must have either consent or a search warrant to conduct a search
of cell phones, electronic tablets, or any computer. Search incident to an arrest of a personal
electronic device like a cell phone is not allowed.
When a valid consent search can be made and what can be searched ✔Correct Answer-
Consent searches are when reasonable provided consent is given by someone who appears to
have authority to do so and if it is given voluntarily. A person usually has authority to consent to
a search of any place to which he or she has a lawful right of access.
Circumstances regarding 3rd party consent searches ✔Correct Answer-Parents can generally
give consent to a search of their minor children's property, but young children cannot allow a
search of their parents' property.
Issues for conducting searches during a traffic stop ✔Correct Answer-A traffic stop is
considered a Terry stop, and the rules related to these stops generally apply. The rules are
different for a traffic stop and a Terry stop. Law enforcement needs reasonable suspicion of an
infraction or violation to make a lawful traffic stop.
When a consent search must be terminated ✔Correct Answer-When consent is revoked by
the person who gave the consent initially.
Compare "open view" to "plain view" and how it relates to search and seizure law. ✔Correct
Answer-Open View - Open view means an area where there is no expectation of privacy from
visual intrusion. It is reasonable to expect that other people including government agents will
look into that area.
Plain View - The plain view doctrine allows officers to seize any evidence or contraband in plain
view if the officers have the right of access to the place where the contraband is located.
Authority and limitations of a search incident to arrest as it relates to searches of persons,
vehicles, and residences. ✔Correct Answer-If a person is arrested in an automobile or
immediately after having exited an automobile, the search incident to arrest includes the lunge
area while the person was in the automobile, provided the officer has either a legitimate safety
,concern or the officer has reason to believe there might be evidence in the car that supports
the arrest.
Automobile exception to the warrant requirement, aka the Carroll Doctrine, and describe the
permissible scope of a search under this doctrine. ✔Correct Answer-The automobile
exception applies not only to automobiles, but also boats, airplanes or any movable vehicle. The
"mobility" of the automobile, the possibility of moving out of the jurisdiction, justifies a
warrantless search. Probable cause is required but proof of exigent circumstances is not.
Inventory exception to the warrant requirement. ✔Correct Answer-An inventory of the
contents of an automobile may be done if the automobile is legally impounded. An inventory
indicates that the items in the car are inventoried to protect the officer from claims of theft, to
protect the automobile owner's property and to protect the integrity of the impound area.
Authority to make a warrantless entry to a residence based on exigent circumstances (hot
pursuit). ✔Correct Answer-Pursuit - Hot Pursuit: Used when an officer has probable cause to
believe a fleeing subject has committed a felony or is destroying evidence and the officer enters
the home without a warrant if he or she has probable cause to believe the subject is in the
home.
Compare "open fields" to curtilage where the 4th amendment does apply. ✔Correct Answer-
Open Fields - The Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment did not protect "open fields"
and that, therefore, law enforcement searches in such areas as pastures, wooded areas, open
water, and vacant lots need not comply with the requirements of warrants and probable cause.
Curtilage - Curtilage includes the area immediately surrounding a dwelling, and it counts as part
of the home for many legal purposes, including searches and many self-defense laws.
Authority and scope of searches under special circumstances including abandoned property and
garbage. ✔Correct Answer-Abandoned Property - This is another exception which is not really
a search. A scrap of paper thrown on the ground is abandoned and may be seized.
Dog Sniffs - Canine sniffs of vehicles are not a search within the meaning of the Fourth
Amendment. But detaining a person/vehicle to accommodate the sniff does implicate the
amendment.
Requirements for conducting a search of a physically disabled person (Wis. Stats. 968.256).
✔Correct Answer-A "physically disabled person" in this statute means a person who requires an
assistive device for mobility, including, but not limited to, a wheelchair, brace, crutch, or
artificial limb.
Strip search and the requirements for conducting a strip search (Wis. Stats. 968.255).
✔Correct Answer-Strip Searches - a search in which a detained person's genitals, pubic area,
,buttock or anus, or a detained female's breast, is uncovered and either is exposed to view or is
touched by a person conducting a search.
LE: NO Body Cavity Searches
- Jail staff
4 key goals for a LEO in managing crisis situations. ✔Correct Answer-- Try to ensure safety for
yourself, other officers, subjects, and other citizens.
- Establish and maintain control.
- Resolve the situation positively.
- When appropriate, help arrange follow-up care for people undergoing crises.
3 basic categories of emotionally disturbed persons (EDP's). ✔Correct Answer-- Long Term
EDP's
- Short Term EDP's
- Chemical Abusers
3 behavioral indicators that a person may have a possible mental disorder. ✔Correct Answer--
Bizarre or inappropriate clothing
- Sluggish
- Seeing things that are not there or hearing voices
4 mental disorders that are defined as "serious and persistent" mental illnesses. ✔Correct
Answer-• Depression
• Bipolar disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Anxiety disorders
7 steps of the crisis cycle ✔Correct Answer-- Normal State
- Stimulation
- Escalation
- Crisis State
- De-escalation
- Stabilization (return to normalcy)
- Post-Crisis Drain, or Depletion
Recommended steps that LEO should follow as part of pre-intervention preparation.
✔Correct Answer-Pre-Intervention Preparation. (Report)
Approach - Safety Considerations. (Report, Evaluate)
Try to get the person's attention. (Evaluate)
Check on the person's perception of reality. (Evaluate)
Try to establish rapport with the person. (Stabilize)
Explain your perception of reality. (Stabilize, Organize, Normalize)
Move toward resolution of the situation. (Stabilize, Organize, Normalize)
Document/Debrief. (Document/Debrief)
, 5 steps in the "Crisis Intervention Format." ✔Correct Answer-- Calm yourself and your partner.
- Calm the subject.
- Provide initial medical assessment.
- Reassure the subject.
- Rebuild the subject's self-esteem.
Provisions of Wis. Stat. § 51.15, regarding conducting emergency detentions of persons.
✔Correct Answer-- Danger to self
- Danger to others
- Inability to care for self.
- Inability to satisfy basic needs.
"intoxicated person" according to Wis. Stat. § 51.45(2)(f). ✔Correct Answer-An "intoxicated
person" is defined in §51.45(2)(f) as "...a person whose mental or physical functioning is
substantially impaired as a result of the use of alcohol, a controlled substance, a controlled
substance analog, or another drug."
"incapacitated by alcohol" according to Wis. Stat. § 51.45(2)(d). ✔Correct
Answer-"'Incapacitated by alcohol or another drug' means that a person, as a result of the use
of or withdrawal from alcohol or another drug, is unconscious or has his or her judgment
otherwise so impaired that he or she is incapable of making a rational decision, as evidenced
objectively by such indicators as extreme physical debilitation, physical harm or threats of harm
to himself or herself or to any other person, or to property" (§51.45(2)(d) of the Wisconsin
Statutes).
- Unconscious
- Cannot make rational decisions
Criteria that LEO is to use when determining the appropriateness of taking a person into
custody for purposes of emergency detention, under Wis. Stat. § 51.15. ✔Correct Answer--
Danger to self
- Danger to others
- Inability to care for self.
- Inability to satisfy basic needs.
Requirements under Wis. Stat. § 51.45(11)(b), for LEO in responding to a person who meets the
statutory definition of a person who is "incapacitated by alcohol." ✔Correct Answer-• Is
unconscious; or
• Cannot make rational decisions
Provisions of Wis. Stat. § 55.06(11), regarding conducting emergency protective placements of
persons. ✔Correct Answer-• Have a primary need for residential care and custody
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Items that may be seized pursuant to a valid warrant ✔Correct Answer-Anything described in
the warrant.
Authority and scope of search warrants regarding electronic devices and cell phones
✔Correct Answer-An officer must have either consent or a search warrant to conduct a search
of cell phones, electronic tablets, or any computer. Search incident to an arrest of a personal
electronic device like a cell phone is not allowed.
When a valid consent search can be made and what can be searched ✔Correct Answer-
Consent searches are when reasonable provided consent is given by someone who appears to
have authority to do so and if it is given voluntarily. A person usually has authority to consent to
a search of any place to which he or she has a lawful right of access.
Circumstances regarding 3rd party consent searches ✔Correct Answer-Parents can generally
give consent to a search of their minor children's property, but young children cannot allow a
search of their parents' property.
Issues for conducting searches during a traffic stop ✔Correct Answer-A traffic stop is
considered a Terry stop, and the rules related to these stops generally apply. The rules are
different for a traffic stop and a Terry stop. Law enforcement needs reasonable suspicion of an
infraction or violation to make a lawful traffic stop.
When a consent search must be terminated ✔Correct Answer-When consent is revoked by
the person who gave the consent initially.
Compare "open view" to "plain view" and how it relates to search and seizure law. ✔Correct
Answer-Open View - Open view means an area where there is no expectation of privacy from
visual intrusion. It is reasonable to expect that other people including government agents will
look into that area.
Plain View - The plain view doctrine allows officers to seize any evidence or contraband in plain
view if the officers have the right of access to the place where the contraband is located.
Authority and limitations of a search incident to arrest as it relates to searches of persons,
vehicles, and residences. ✔Correct Answer-If a person is arrested in an automobile or
immediately after having exited an automobile, the search incident to arrest includes the lunge
area while the person was in the automobile, provided the officer has either a legitimate safety
,concern or the officer has reason to believe there might be evidence in the car that supports
the arrest.
Automobile exception to the warrant requirement, aka the Carroll Doctrine, and describe the
permissible scope of a search under this doctrine. ✔Correct Answer-The automobile
exception applies not only to automobiles, but also boats, airplanes or any movable vehicle. The
"mobility" of the automobile, the possibility of moving out of the jurisdiction, justifies a
warrantless search. Probable cause is required but proof of exigent circumstances is not.
Inventory exception to the warrant requirement. ✔Correct Answer-An inventory of the
contents of an automobile may be done if the automobile is legally impounded. An inventory
indicates that the items in the car are inventoried to protect the officer from claims of theft, to
protect the automobile owner's property and to protect the integrity of the impound area.
Authority to make a warrantless entry to a residence based on exigent circumstances (hot
pursuit). ✔Correct Answer-Pursuit - Hot Pursuit: Used when an officer has probable cause to
believe a fleeing subject has committed a felony or is destroying evidence and the officer enters
the home without a warrant if he or she has probable cause to believe the subject is in the
home.
Compare "open fields" to curtilage where the 4th amendment does apply. ✔Correct Answer-
Open Fields - The Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment did not protect "open fields"
and that, therefore, law enforcement searches in such areas as pastures, wooded areas, open
water, and vacant lots need not comply with the requirements of warrants and probable cause.
Curtilage - Curtilage includes the area immediately surrounding a dwelling, and it counts as part
of the home for many legal purposes, including searches and many self-defense laws.
Authority and scope of searches under special circumstances including abandoned property and
garbage. ✔Correct Answer-Abandoned Property - This is another exception which is not really
a search. A scrap of paper thrown on the ground is abandoned and may be seized.
Dog Sniffs - Canine sniffs of vehicles are not a search within the meaning of the Fourth
Amendment. But detaining a person/vehicle to accommodate the sniff does implicate the
amendment.
Requirements for conducting a search of a physically disabled person (Wis. Stats. 968.256).
✔Correct Answer-A "physically disabled person" in this statute means a person who requires an
assistive device for mobility, including, but not limited to, a wheelchair, brace, crutch, or
artificial limb.
Strip search and the requirements for conducting a strip search (Wis. Stats. 968.255).
✔Correct Answer-Strip Searches - a search in which a detained person's genitals, pubic area,
,buttock or anus, or a detained female's breast, is uncovered and either is exposed to view or is
touched by a person conducting a search.
LE: NO Body Cavity Searches
- Jail staff
4 key goals for a LEO in managing crisis situations. ✔Correct Answer-- Try to ensure safety for
yourself, other officers, subjects, and other citizens.
- Establish and maintain control.
- Resolve the situation positively.
- When appropriate, help arrange follow-up care for people undergoing crises.
3 basic categories of emotionally disturbed persons (EDP's). ✔Correct Answer-- Long Term
EDP's
- Short Term EDP's
- Chemical Abusers
3 behavioral indicators that a person may have a possible mental disorder. ✔Correct Answer--
Bizarre or inappropriate clothing
- Sluggish
- Seeing things that are not there or hearing voices
4 mental disorders that are defined as "serious and persistent" mental illnesses. ✔Correct
Answer-• Depression
• Bipolar disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Anxiety disorders
7 steps of the crisis cycle ✔Correct Answer-- Normal State
- Stimulation
- Escalation
- Crisis State
- De-escalation
- Stabilization (return to normalcy)
- Post-Crisis Drain, or Depletion
Recommended steps that LEO should follow as part of pre-intervention preparation.
✔Correct Answer-Pre-Intervention Preparation. (Report)
Approach - Safety Considerations. (Report, Evaluate)
Try to get the person's attention. (Evaluate)
Check on the person's perception of reality. (Evaluate)
Try to establish rapport with the person. (Stabilize)
Explain your perception of reality. (Stabilize, Organize, Normalize)
Move toward resolution of the situation. (Stabilize, Organize, Normalize)
Document/Debrief. (Document/Debrief)
, 5 steps in the "Crisis Intervention Format." ✔Correct Answer-- Calm yourself and your partner.
- Calm the subject.
- Provide initial medical assessment.
- Reassure the subject.
- Rebuild the subject's self-esteem.
Provisions of Wis. Stat. § 51.15, regarding conducting emergency detentions of persons.
✔Correct Answer-- Danger to self
- Danger to others
- Inability to care for self.
- Inability to satisfy basic needs.
"intoxicated person" according to Wis. Stat. § 51.45(2)(f). ✔Correct Answer-An "intoxicated
person" is defined in §51.45(2)(f) as "...a person whose mental or physical functioning is
substantially impaired as a result of the use of alcohol, a controlled substance, a controlled
substance analog, or another drug."
"incapacitated by alcohol" according to Wis. Stat. § 51.45(2)(d). ✔Correct
Answer-"'Incapacitated by alcohol or another drug' means that a person, as a result of the use
of or withdrawal from alcohol or another drug, is unconscious or has his or her judgment
otherwise so impaired that he or she is incapable of making a rational decision, as evidenced
objectively by such indicators as extreme physical debilitation, physical harm or threats of harm
to himself or herself or to any other person, or to property" (§51.45(2)(d) of the Wisconsin
Statutes).
- Unconscious
- Cannot make rational decisions
Criteria that LEO is to use when determining the appropriateness of taking a person into
custody for purposes of emergency detention, under Wis. Stat. § 51.15. ✔Correct Answer--
Danger to self
- Danger to others
- Inability to care for self.
- Inability to satisfy basic needs.
Requirements under Wis. Stat. § 51.45(11)(b), for LEO in responding to a person who meets the
statutory definition of a person who is "incapacitated by alcohol." ✔Correct Answer-• Is
unconscious; or
• Cannot make rational decisions
Provisions of Wis. Stat. § 55.06(11), regarding conducting emergency protective placements of
persons. ✔Correct Answer-• Have a primary need for residential care and custody
