CPD EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A police officer randomly stops a car to check if driver
is licensed and car is registered. After approaching the vehicle, the PO orders the driver
out of the vehicle
As the driver exits the vehicle, a gun falls from his
waistband on to the street.
Is the Stop Good or Bad and Why ? - Answers :Bad- Supreme Court held PO cannot
randomly stop veh.
What Amendment applies to randomly stopping a veh. and gun falls out? - Answers :4
Amendment - Exclusionary rule
A police officer observes a vehicle with an expired
license plate and stops vehicle. He requests the
driver to exit the vehicle and produce a driver's
license. As driver exits, Officer notices a bulge
under the driver's jacket. Officer frisks driver and
finds a weapon.
Was the vehicle stop lawful? Can the Officer order
the driver to exit the vehicle?
Good or Bad and Why? - Answers :Good- Expired license plate probable cause to pull
over veh. PO can ask a driver to exit veh. The bulge under driver's jacket gives
reasonable suspicion to frisk (justify pat down) Pennsylvania v Mimms (1977)
Can an officer order the passengers to remain at
the scene of a vehicle stop? - Answers :Yes! People v. John Gonzalez (1998)
-Where objects on private property can be seen
from public view
-Those objects are immediately apparent to be
illegal or contraband
-Officer has lawful access to seize those objects
-The seized objects may be inventoried as
evidence - Answers :Plain View Doctrine
A reliable informant provides a detailed description
of a man selling drugs from the trunk of a vehicle.
• Police find the man,stop and detain him
• Search of trunk reveals a paper bag containing
heroin
Can the trunk of a vehicle be searched
during this stop ? - Answers :Yes, probable cause to search the trunk of the veh. due to
belief of contraband
A police officer randomly stops a car to check if driver
is licensed and car is registered. After approaching the vehicle, the PO orders the driver
out of the vehicle
As the driver exits the vehicle, a gun falls from his
waistband on to the street.
Is the Stop Good or Bad and Why ? - Answers :Bad- Supreme Court held PO cannot
randomly stop veh.
What Amendment applies to randomly stopping a veh. and gun falls out? - Answers :4
Amendment - Exclusionary rule
A police officer observes a vehicle with an expired
license plate and stops vehicle. He requests the
driver to exit the vehicle and produce a driver's
license. As driver exits, Officer notices a bulge
under the driver's jacket. Officer frisks driver and
finds a weapon.
Was the vehicle stop lawful? Can the Officer order
the driver to exit the vehicle?
Good or Bad and Why? - Answers :Good- Expired license plate probable cause to pull
over veh. PO can ask a driver to exit veh. The bulge under driver's jacket gives
reasonable suspicion to frisk (justify pat down) Pennsylvania v Mimms (1977)
Can an officer order the passengers to remain at
the scene of a vehicle stop? - Answers :Yes! People v. John Gonzalez (1998)
-Where objects on private property can be seen
from public view
-Those objects are immediately apparent to be
illegal or contraband
-Officer has lawful access to seize those objects
-The seized objects may be inventoried as
evidence - Answers :Plain View Doctrine
A reliable informant provides a detailed description
of a man selling drugs from the trunk of a vehicle.
• Police find the man,stop and detain him
• Search of trunk reveals a paper bag containing
heroin
Can the trunk of a vehicle be searched
during this stop ? - Answers :Yes, probable cause to search the trunk of the veh. due to
belief of contraband
