Police Procedure
You encounter a citizen who is not breathing, you decide to start CPR, what should you do first?
Secure the scene
Objective reasonableness was established after this 1989 landmark case
What is Graham v. Connor
Taking something of value directly from a person using force, threats, or intimidation.
What is Robbery
A dormitory like setting, this is the least restrictive of all types of prisons
The initial hearing formal hearing in front of a judge after an arrest
What is arraignment
As you are finalizing a report, you are trying to remember another legal term for Marijuana that starts with a C
What is Cannabis
You have the right to remain silent, guaranteed by the fifth amendment, born from which 1966 Supreme Court Case?
What is Miranda v. Arizona
Unlawfully entering a building with the intent to commit a crime inside.
What is Burglary
Habitual offenders are also called this
recidivists
A group of 23 citizens will decide to _______ a defendant and send a case to trial
What is indict
As a Police Officer, you respond to the scene of a domestic dispute, the owner allows you to enter the residence, once inside the house observe a large brick of heroin on the coffee table, you arrest the suspect citing this legal precedent
What is the plain view doctrine
Reasonable Suspicion, not probable cause, as a reason for the Police to stop, question and possibly frisk a subject was born from this case
What is Terry v. Ohio
The willful (non-negligent) killing of one human being by another.
What is murder
What is solitary confinement
The standard of proof needed to convict a defendant
What is beyond a reasonable doubt
As a police officer you write a suspect a speeding ticket. Where will the suspect have to appear in court?
The County in which the ticket was issued
This case limited the search incident to arrest to the subjects immediate control.
What is Chimel v. California
willfully, or maliciously burning property such as a building or a vehicle
What is arson
"Sandra told me that Jimmy told her that he stole the necklace last week," A lawyer might object to this statement, as what type of evidence
What is Hearsay
You are on patrol in a downtown business area on a warm summer day. You observe a man wearing a coat walk past a jewelry store and look in the window. He walks away from the window, then returns a short time later to look in again. He leaves and returns a third time looking around to see who is watching. Now that you have established reasonable suspicion, you may conduct what?
What is stop question and frisk
This case ruled that deadly force may not be used against a fleeing suspect unless they pose a significant threat of death or serious injury.
What is Tennessee v. Garner
A broad term for the unlawful taking of property from another
What is theft
Programs to divert people away from imprisonment and into alternative programs, like drug and alcohol, is known as
What is diversion
The highest appellate court in the land, the Supreme Court is made up of this many justices
What is 9