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Officer Jones Fourth Amendment

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In this writing assignment I will discuss the fourth amendment of the Constitution and some of the case laws. I will also analyze Officer Jones’s actions. And in my own words I will discuss if Officer Jones established probable calls in pursuant to this case. The Fourth Amendment states that the U.S. Constitution provides, "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." (Staff 2014) The fourth amendment gave Officer Jones the authority to stop and search an individual suspected of selling drugs. But Officer Jones must have Probable Cause to justify the stopping and detaining of an individual; because the Fourth Amendment also protects the individual. In this case I don’t believe Officer Jones had the authority to stop and search this individual. Because he received an anonymous call on his personal phone is no document evidence dating or showing that this individual was actually selling drugs. And I don’t think an anonymous call is concrete evidence for probable cause to stop and search an individual. Also under the Fourth Amendment individuals are protected …show more content…

Offer Jones did not have probable cause or reasonable suspicion to stop and confront the individual. As law enforcement officer Jones should contact his supervisor and inform them about the tip that he received about possible drug activity at that location. He could have got authorization from his supervisor to conduct surveillance to verify that there was actually drug activity going on at that location. But because this officer decided to stop the individual without concrete evidence made his actions

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