Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Police Procedure Arrests
Police Procedure Searches / Seizure
Stop and Frisk / Central Park Five
100
To take a person suspected of a crime into custody.
What is ARREST?
100
This is a term that refers to an absence of law and government.
What is ANARCHY?
100
If a police officer wants to arrest someone, he/she needs one of two things in order to make the arrest. These two things are...
What is an ARREST WARRANT FROM A JUDGE or PROBABLE CAUSE THAT A PERSON COMMITTED A CRIME?
100
This is what the police should do if they arrive at your house with a search warrant and want to come inside. (3 things.)
What is KNOCK AND ANNOUNCE THEIR PRESENCE, IDENTIFY THEMSELVES (name and job), and PRESENT THE ACTUAL SEARCH WARRANT DOCUMENT?
100
These are two goals of NYC's stop and frisk policy.
What are 1) get guns off the street, 2) reduce crime in high crime neighborhoods, 3) protect those living in high crime neighborhoods?
200
A court order that is issued by a judge that gives police permission to search a person or a building for evidence related to a crime.
What is SEARCH WARRANT?
200
This is the term that describes a society that is ruled by laws that are created fairly and help maintain a fair and safe society.
What is RULE OF LAW?
200
If you are arrested, a police officer MUST inform you of your rights. These rights are called your _____________. The two most important rights are ________________ and ________________.
What is MIRANDA RIGHTS? What are: 1) right to remain silent, 2) right to lawyer?
200
There are some limitations/restrictions on search warrants. Two of these are:
What is: 1) most searches must be done during the daytime, 2) most search warrants have an "expiration date" - the search must be done before then, 3) the police can only search for evidence in reasonable places? (For example, if the police are searching the home of someone who is suspected of stealing computers from a computer store, they can only look in places where a computer would fit.)
200
List 1 pro and 1 con of stop and frisk.
ANSWERS WILL VARY
300
A court-ordered document that gives the police permission to take into custody a person suspected of a crime.
What is ARREST WARRANT?
300
This is a written document that a witness or a police officer gives to the judge that contains facts about a crime that is being investigated. The person writing the affidavit must swear that what they write is true.
What is an AFFIDAVIT?
300
In the process of making an arrest, police officers are allowed to use _____________________________ force.
What is A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF FORCE?
300
If the police get their hands on evidence in an illegal way (i.e. they don't have a search warrant), what are the rules about whether or not this evidence can be used in court? What is the name of this rule?
What is: Evidence obtained by police illegally (without a search warrant) CANNOT be used in a trial. This is called the EXCLUSIONARY RULE.
300
This is the approximate percentage of stop and frisks that result in an arrest.
What is ~5%?
400
This is the right that the Fourth Amendment protects.
What is THE RIGHT TO FREEDOM FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES?
400
This is a lawyer that works for the state, whose job it is to prove the defendant is guilty and place the defendant in jail.
What is THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY?
400
If a person who is arrested believes that the police unnecessarily harmed them (physically) they would accuse the officer of using _________________________. To resolve this problem the person could ________________.
What is EXCESSIVE FORCE? What is FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST THE OFFICER?
400
Scenario: After Brandon checks out of a hotel, the police ask the hotel manager to give them the contents of the wastebasket in Brandon's hotel room, where they find notes planning a murder. 1) Does this search violate the Fourth Amendment? 2) Can the evidence seized be used in court?
1) No - the hotel wastebasket is not Brandon's private property, so it does not violate his Fourth Amendment right. 2) Yes it can be used in court - the police have the right to go through public garbage without a search warrant, so they did nothing wrong in this situation.
400
This is what the judge ruled when asked to decide whether or not stop and frisk was constitutional...and why?
What is it is NOT CONSTITUTIONAL because IT VIOLATES THE FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHT of freedom from unreasonable search and seizure?
500
This is the difference between reasonable suspicion and probable cause.
What is: REASONABLE SUSPICION requires less evidence and allows police to stop and question someone on the street; PROBABLE CAUSE requires more evidence that indicates someone was involved in a crime and gives police the right to arrest someone?
500
This is a word to describe someone who is guilty of a crime.
What is CULPRIT?
500
Imagine: If a police officer approached you and wanted to speak with you, but does not present a reason why, what do you have the right to do and what words would you say to the officer to express your knowledge of your rights.
What is YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO SLOWLY AND CALMLY WALK AWAY? What is: "Officer, if you do not have reasonable suspicion or probable cause that I am involved in criminal activity, I'd rather not speak with you right now." "Officer, I appreciate your concern for the safety of my community, but if I am not being suspected of criminal activity or arrested, I'm going to walk away."
500
Scenario: Sandi is suspected of receiving stolen goods. The police go to her apartment and ask Claire, Sandi's roommate, if they can search the apartment. Claire gives the police permission, and they find stolen items in Sandi's bedroom dresser. 1) Does this search violate Sandi's Fourth Amendment rights? 2) Can the evidence seized be used in court?
1) Yes - this search violated Sandi's Fourth Amendment right. The police did not have a search warrant. Although Claire, Sandi's roommate, gave the police permission to enter the house, they would need SANDI'S PERMISSION to search SANDI'S private / personal belongings. 2) No - this evidence would NOT be able to be used in court - it was obtained illegally by the police.
500
Provide one example of when proper police procedure was NOT followed in the case of the Central Park Five. Provide one example of the young men NOT KNOWING their rights in the case of the Central Park Five.
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