Law enforcement terminology

Topic: Serving high risk warrants Research Question: What are the various ways to serve high risk warrants? Hypothesis: There is a systematic way of serving high risk warrants based on the priorities of life that will reduce injury or death of Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) operators. Null Hypothesis: There is no statistically significant difference between the various ways of serving high

The Midtown Lofts apartment complex pool was closed for the season. The groundskeeper who was making his final round for the week when he noticed something rather someone floating near the shallow end. Horrified he tore across the pool deck and through the courtyard to find help. He found the apartment manager who then proceeded to call 911. When the cops arrived at the Midtown Lofts apartments at 5:42 p.m. on Friday, they determined that the fellow floating face down in the shallow end of the community

The Police Powers of Stopping and Searching The police can stop and search any person, vehicle, and anything in or on the vehicle for certain items. However, before they stop and search they must have reasonable grounds for suspecting that they will find:- · Stolen goods; or · An offensive weapon; or · Any article made or adapted for use in certain offences, for example a burglary or theft; or · An article with a blade or point; or · Items which could

“ Stop right there you filthy thief!” yelled the law officers while chasing after the four delinquents. “Hurry up you idiots! Unless you wanna get caught, I’d say you hurry yo butts up and run!” yelled Allison. “ Chill Ali, we aren’t getting caught,” Daniel responded. “ Look at them officers trying to catch up to us, slower that a turtle,” added Ryan. “ Oh my lord, can you two just shut up and listen to Allison, and get into the van. By this rate they will catch up to us if you don’t stop lagging

1. Discuss and explain four exceptions to the warrant requirement. What are the prerequisites for each exception? Be sure to provide examples. There are a couple of exceptions to the warrant requirement. Here there will be four that we are going to focus on. (In Gardner & In Anderson, 2016, p. 363). • Search incident to Lawful Arrest- if an individual happens to be arrested lawfully they are no longer a free citizen therefore a police officer may search their persons and any areas that are within

The case that I found the most interesting and educational was the case the class sat in on. The defendant was named John Hellenberg. He was at his home when the police arrived to arrest him on an outstanding warrant for contempt of court. He was unaware that there was a warrant. He demanded that the police show him a copy of the warrant. They told him was under arrest and he needed to put his hands behind his back. He continued to demand to see the warrant. The officers tried to tase him twice without

In the first scenario, the first action that was illegally taken by the officer was approaching the suspect on the front porch. The officer could not legally approach the suspect as the front porch is considered an area of curtilage because this is an area that one feels that they have the right of privacy. The case that supports my decision is United States v. Dunn where police received a tip that Dunn’s barn contained alleged equipment to manufacture drugs. The barn was away from Dunns home which

Paragraph #1 through #4 do not provide enough probable cause for a warrant. Paragraph #1 through #4 provide information from the anonymous tip and from the informant. The only other information provided is the background of Officer A. Jones as a law enforcement officer. When reviewing Illinois Vs Gates, and the “Totality of the Circumstances Test”. In order to complete this Test, first you would need to have the information from your tip and from the informant which you have. Second the officer must

Case Summary On 8-24-16, at 0700, I was dispatched to 123 Anywhere St, Fayetteville North Carolina, in reference to a residential burglary at the home of Mr. Jesse Johnson, the victim. Mr. Johnson informed me that he left for work about 2130 last night, and returned home for the first time at about 0600 this morning. He noticed his front door was open and when he entered his home he immediately saw that his 42'' Panasonic flat screen television had been stolen. After investigating further, the victim

Marco Cappitta P320 Case Study Paper I feel that this case was somewhat representative of what was discussed in the textbook. The forensics aspects of this case were generally different from the impression of forensics I received from reading the textbook. Despite this fact, I feel that the investigative techniques of this case were similar to what was discussed in the textbook, as well as what has been discussed during lecture. The body of this paper will examine the case of Pamela Foddrill