CITP EXAM 3 2025 Update COMPREHENSIVE
FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS and verified
answers WITH RATIONALES| accurate answers|100%
solved!!
Recognize when the fourth amendment applies to government actions -
(ANSWER)1. Whether the government knows or acquiesce in the private actor's
conduct
2. whether the private party intents to assist law enforcement officers at the time
of the search
3. whether the government affirmatively encourages, initiates, or participates in
the private action
Identify situations when a reasonable expectation of privacy exists -
(ANSWER)>The individual must have exhibited an actual expectation of privacy
>The expectation must be one the society (as determined by the Supreme Court)
is prepared to recognize as reasonable
Common search areas without REP - (ANSWER)the body (except inside the body)
passengers do not have REP but their stuff does
Open Fields even if there are 'no trespassing signs'
Government workplaces - REP could exist depending on prior notice (computer
banners of limited or no REP), common practices, openness and accessibility of
the area, whether the position of the employee requires special trust and
confidence, whether the employee waived REP through bargaining process
>Abandoned Property
,Methods and Devices for searches - (ANSWER)>Canine Sniffs - luggage in a public
space has no REP
>Sensory Enhancements - use of lights at night does not create a 'search' if
otherwise visible in daylight; thermal imaging would be considered a search
>Aircraft Overflights - what is visible to the naked eye does not have REP
>Cell Site Location Information - conversations do not have REP when using naked
ears
Identify actions that may be taken when reasonable suspicion exists -
(ANSWER)1. a consensual encounter
2. Investigative detention
3. Terry Frisk
a consensual encounter - (ANSWER)a hunch or mere suspicion (not a seizure)
brief voluntary encounter between a law enforcement officer and an individual
an officer may ask questions even incriminating ones
the officer may request (not demand) to see ID
the officer may ID him/herself and display credentials
the officer may seek consent for a search or frisk
investigative detentions - (ANSWER)Reasonable suspicion criminal activity is
afoot
, 1. reasonable suspicion - could be collective knowledge from other LEOs; personal
observations; quality or quantity of a tip
2. criminal activity is afoot - crime is about to be/has been/is being committed
whats a terry frisk - (ANSWER)RSPAAD
detention
the officer must reasonably suspect that the person is presently armed and
dangerous
plain touch doctrine to seize evidence - discovery must be lawful; item must be
immediately apparent to the officer without manipulation
frisks of vehicles can be unlocked containers/entire passenger compartment
cannot frisk the trunk
arrest can happen if - (ANSWER)PC exists
radicalization - (ANSWER)process by which individuals come to believe that their
engagement in or facilitation
extremist movement - (ANSWER)consists of individuals working together to
advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas/following an extremist
ideology without an organization
Violent Extremists - (ANSWER)individuals mobilized to plan, support, and conduct
violent illegal behavior in furtherance of their extremist ideology
FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS and verified
answers WITH RATIONALES| accurate answers|100%
solved!!
Recognize when the fourth amendment applies to government actions -
(ANSWER)1. Whether the government knows or acquiesce in the private actor's
conduct
2. whether the private party intents to assist law enforcement officers at the time
of the search
3. whether the government affirmatively encourages, initiates, or participates in
the private action
Identify situations when a reasonable expectation of privacy exists -
(ANSWER)>The individual must have exhibited an actual expectation of privacy
>The expectation must be one the society (as determined by the Supreme Court)
is prepared to recognize as reasonable
Common search areas without REP - (ANSWER)the body (except inside the body)
passengers do not have REP but their stuff does
Open Fields even if there are 'no trespassing signs'
Government workplaces - REP could exist depending on prior notice (computer
banners of limited or no REP), common practices, openness and accessibility of
the area, whether the position of the employee requires special trust and
confidence, whether the employee waived REP through bargaining process
>Abandoned Property
,Methods and Devices for searches - (ANSWER)>Canine Sniffs - luggage in a public
space has no REP
>Sensory Enhancements - use of lights at night does not create a 'search' if
otherwise visible in daylight; thermal imaging would be considered a search
>Aircraft Overflights - what is visible to the naked eye does not have REP
>Cell Site Location Information - conversations do not have REP when using naked
ears
Identify actions that may be taken when reasonable suspicion exists -
(ANSWER)1. a consensual encounter
2. Investigative detention
3. Terry Frisk
a consensual encounter - (ANSWER)a hunch or mere suspicion (not a seizure)
brief voluntary encounter between a law enforcement officer and an individual
an officer may ask questions even incriminating ones
the officer may request (not demand) to see ID
the officer may ID him/herself and display credentials
the officer may seek consent for a search or frisk
investigative detentions - (ANSWER)Reasonable suspicion criminal activity is
afoot
, 1. reasonable suspicion - could be collective knowledge from other LEOs; personal
observations; quality or quantity of a tip
2. criminal activity is afoot - crime is about to be/has been/is being committed
whats a terry frisk - (ANSWER)RSPAAD
detention
the officer must reasonably suspect that the person is presently armed and
dangerous
plain touch doctrine to seize evidence - discovery must be lawful; item must be
immediately apparent to the officer without manipulation
frisks of vehicles can be unlocked containers/entire passenger compartment
cannot frisk the trunk
arrest can happen if - (ANSWER)PC exists
radicalization - (ANSWER)process by which individuals come to believe that their
engagement in or facilitation
extremist movement - (ANSWER)consists of individuals working together to
advance their shared political, social, or artistic ideas/following an extremist
ideology without an organization
Violent Extremists - (ANSWER)individuals mobilized to plan, support, and conduct
violent illegal behavior in furtherance of their extremist ideology
