Crime Scene
Contamination or alteration by responding medical personnel at a crime scene can be limited if an officer
What is guides the medical personnel to the victim?
Carrol v US is this landmark case
What is Allows an officer to search a vehicle without a warrant based on Probable cause?
Included in crimes against property such as larceny, theft and arson
The scientific approach to study the behavior of criminals
What is criminology?
The three characteristics of a good police report include legibility, accuracy and
What is clarity
An officer is assisting the Crime Scene Investigator to collect measurements. An article of evidence is 126 inches from the reference point. How many feet?
What is 10 feet 5 inches?
This justification allows police to make a warrantless search in limited situations.
What is exigent circumstances?
This three types of testing BAC
1. breath
2. blood
3.
What is urine?
The method of capital punishment that does not violate the constitution
What is lethal injection?
To be affective, officers must utilize communication skills that involve both verbal and ____?
What is non-verbal skills
what search pattern involves an investigator starting at a point on the outside of a search area and slowly walking circles toward the center of the area?
spiral
The legal term for a civil wrongful act or an infringement of rights
What is tort
A recognized program aimed at neighborhood crime prevention is known as
What is community policing?
The process of receiving early release from prison to complete their sentence under supervision
What is parole?
In an interview an officer should ask this type of question
What is open ended
When using deadly force, the officer should consider opportunity, jeopardy and
What is ability?
The Supreme Court case that set the precedent for deadly force
What is Tennessee v Garner
The unlawful entry of a structure to commit a felony
What is burglary
The goal of sentencing jail/prison in order to reduce the opportunities to commit more crimes
What is deterrence?
Critical combinations of letters and numbers on the radio can be better understood by using this
What is the phonetic alphabet
This Supreme Court case applied the "objective reasonableness" standards to all police use of force
What is Graham v Connor?
Type of warrant limited to the specific area stated and items seized described in the warrant
What is a search warrant
Weapon that is used most often to commit murder in the US
What is a firearm (gun)
The three types of prison
What is minimum, medium and maximum
The transfer of information from one officer to another is known as this
What is briefing?