P.C. 832 LD 16 Search and Seizure Questions
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Know the scope of vehicle inventories. Correct Ans-Any area where valuable or dangerous
items are commonly kept
The purpose of a vehicle inventory is to protect: Correct Ans--The property of a person
whose vehicle has been impounded or stored
-The government agency from false claims of loss.
Penal Code Section 835a gives peace officers the authority to Correct Ans-use force and
establishes the criteria for justified use of force:
Penal Code Section 835 Correct Ans-The person arrested may be subjected to such restraint
as is reasonable for their arrest and detention."
There are three elements needed to establish sufficiency of fear: Correct Ans-1. The
circumstances must be sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person in like circumstances.
2. The person must not act under the influence of fear alone. There has to some circumstance or
overt act apart from the officer's fear.
3. The decision to use deadly force must be made to save one's self or another from GBI or death
,The chain of custody is: Correct Ans-the written, witnessed, unbroken record of all
individuals who maintained control or had access to any physical evidence (until it is presented
in court.)
The crime elements of falsely reporting an emergency are: Correct Ans--Any individual who
-Reports, or causes any report to be made,
-To a specified governmental department or agency,
-That an emergency exists Knowing that the report is false.
The crime elements of falsely reporting a destructive device are: Correct Ans-Any person
who
-Reports to specified personnel
-That a bomb or other explosiv
-Has been, or will be,
-Placed or hidden
-In any public or private office,
-Knowing that the report is false.
Fourth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizure by the state
and establishes that any search or seizure by the state must be based upon probable cause.
Correct Ans-Fourth Amendment
, A priority of the authors of the United States Constitution and the California Constitution was to
avoid unlimited actions and intrusions by the government and to protect a person's: Correct
Ans--Privacy
-Liberty
-Possession of property
Unreasonable searches Correct Ans-The Fourth Amendment does not give individuals an
absolute right to privacy neither does it prohibit all searches. It limits only those searches
conducted by the government that are considered unreasonable by the courts.
Limitation on government's power Correct Ans-The Fourth Amendment, like the other
Amendments in the Bill of Rights, limits the power of the government but does not apply to
actions by private citizens. If a private individual violates someone else's expectation of privacy,
the victim may be able to make a claim in the civil court system.
seizure of property Correct Ans-occurs when there is some meaningful interference an
individual's possessory interest in that property by the government.
A seizure of a person occurs when: Correct Ans--A peace officer physically applies force, or
-A person voluntarily submits to a peace officer's authority.
seizure of property Correct Ans-occurs when there is some meaningful interference with an
individual's possessory interest in that property by the government.
and Answers| Latest Update
Know the scope of vehicle inventories. Correct Ans-Any area where valuable or dangerous
items are commonly kept
The purpose of a vehicle inventory is to protect: Correct Ans--The property of a person
whose vehicle has been impounded or stored
-The government agency from false claims of loss.
Penal Code Section 835a gives peace officers the authority to Correct Ans-use force and
establishes the criteria for justified use of force:
Penal Code Section 835 Correct Ans-The person arrested may be subjected to such restraint
as is reasonable for their arrest and detention."
There are three elements needed to establish sufficiency of fear: Correct Ans-1. The
circumstances must be sufficient to excite the fears of a reasonable person in like circumstances.
2. The person must not act under the influence of fear alone. There has to some circumstance or
overt act apart from the officer's fear.
3. The decision to use deadly force must be made to save one's self or another from GBI or death
,The chain of custody is: Correct Ans-the written, witnessed, unbroken record of all
individuals who maintained control or had access to any physical evidence (until it is presented
in court.)
The crime elements of falsely reporting an emergency are: Correct Ans--Any individual who
-Reports, or causes any report to be made,
-To a specified governmental department or agency,
-That an emergency exists Knowing that the report is false.
The crime elements of falsely reporting a destructive device are: Correct Ans-Any person
who
-Reports to specified personnel
-That a bomb or other explosiv
-Has been, or will be,
-Placed or hidden
-In any public or private office,
-Knowing that the report is false.
Fourth Amendment to the Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizure by the state
and establishes that any search or seizure by the state must be based upon probable cause.
Correct Ans-Fourth Amendment
, A priority of the authors of the United States Constitution and the California Constitution was to
avoid unlimited actions and intrusions by the government and to protect a person's: Correct
Ans--Privacy
-Liberty
-Possession of property
Unreasonable searches Correct Ans-The Fourth Amendment does not give individuals an
absolute right to privacy neither does it prohibit all searches. It limits only those searches
conducted by the government that are considered unreasonable by the courts.
Limitation on government's power Correct Ans-The Fourth Amendment, like the other
Amendments in the Bill of Rights, limits the power of the government but does not apply to
actions by private citizens. If a private individual violates someone else's expectation of privacy,
the victim may be able to make a claim in the civil court system.
seizure of property Correct Ans-occurs when there is some meaningful interference an
individual's possessory interest in that property by the government.
A seizure of a person occurs when: Correct Ans--A peace officer physically applies force, or
-A person voluntarily submits to a peace officer's authority.
seizure of property Correct Ans-occurs when there is some meaningful interference with an
individual's possessory interest in that property by the government.
