ethics - ✔️✔️establish principles of right behavior that serve as guides for individual or
group actions.
The weight of bullets is measured in ________________. - ✔️✔️grains
4 parts of an investigation - ✔️✔️determine what crime has been committed, determine
who committed the crime, obtain probable cause arrest and prosecution, locate and
arrest the suspect.
acute agony - ✔️✔️a problem that has suddenly and unexpectedly appeared where a
person is unprepared and unable to immediately cope with the situation.
Arizona v. Gant (2009) - ✔️✔️requires law enforcement officers to demonstrate an
actual and continuing threat to their safety posed by an arrestee, or a need to preserve
evidence related to the crime of arrest from tampering by the arrestee, in order to justify
a warrant-less vehicular search incident to arrest conducted after the vehicle's recent
occupants have been arrested and secured.
NTA - ✔️✔️issued by an officer, requesting a person to appear in a specific location on
a specific time and date.
Peace officers are responsible for this during a lawsuit. - ✔️✔️punitive damages
Best time to use a shotgun - ✔️✔️For perimeter shooting
exclusionary rule - ✔️✔️illegally gathered evidence (physical or testimonial) may not be
introduced in a criminal trial
4th Amendment - ✔️✔️Protection against Unreasonable Search and Seizure
"Fruits of the Poisonous Tree" Doctrine - ✔️✔️excludes evidence acquired as an
INDIRECT result of police misconduct.
probable cause - ✔️✔️"reasonable grounds to believe", needed for an arrest and
search warrant
, Exceptions to the Exclusionary Rule - ✔️✔️good faith, inevitable discovery,
independent source
Reasonable Suspicion - ✔️✔️based upon reasonable inferences and articulable facts;
needed for a terry stop.
Devel The most significant element that effects a department's reputation. - ✔️✔️The
community's confidence in the police.
oping reasonable suspicion - ✔️✔️personal observations, suspect behavior, hearsay,
officer's training/special knowledge
warrant - ✔️✔️A legal paper, issued by a court, giving police permission to make an
arrest, seizure, or search.
summons - ✔️✔️issued by the court, commanding a person to appear in a specific
location.
Is an arrest a "seizure" under the fourth amendment? - ✔️✔️Yes
Is a Terry Stop a "seizure" under the 4th amendment? - ✔️✔️Yes
combat effective area - ✔️✔️pelvic region up to the eyeballs
What needs to be in an NTA? - ✔️✔️offender's name and address, nature of the
offense, location of appearance, date and time, statement that failure to appear could
result in a summons or warrant, your signature. No legal requirement for a suspect's
signature.
Fresh Pursuit - ✔️✔️A legal doctrine that permits a Law-Enforcement Officer to arrest a
fleeing suspect who crosses jurisdictional lines
U.S. v. Ross (1982) - ✔️✔️legal warrantless automobile search allows closed
containers found in the trunk to be searched
Carroll Doctrine - ✔️✔️3 conditions for vehicle search: PC exists, vehicle is mobile, and
it is on a public roadway.
An arrest warrant is valid until _______ - ✔️✔️it is executed or quashed.
What amount of time is given to execute a search warrant? - ✔️✔️96 hours