Searches of vehicles as instruments
What allows officers to seize a vehicle without a warrant?
Probable cause.
What is the purpose of an inventory search in a vehicle?
To account for personal property.
Protective searches of vehicles is a warrantless search of ______ for weapons?
The passenger compartment of a vehicle.
What's allowed without a warrant?
Searches
This allows officers to search a vehicle after an arrest, as long as the arrestee is unsecured and has reachable access to the vehicle.
What Is custodial arrest?
When can a vehicle be considered an instrumentality of a crime?
If the crime occurred inside the vehicle or the vehicle was used to commit the crime.
When must a vehicle be in lawful custody for an inventory search?
When it follows agency policy.
When is it okay to conduct the protective vehicle search.
If detained or reasonable suspicion there is a weapon in the vehicle.
what does the stop have to be and what's needed?
A legal Stop and has to have probable cause.
If an officer believes this is present in a vehicle related to a crime, they may search it after an arrest.
What is evidence?
What limits the scope of a warrantless vehicle search?
Areas where evidence may reasonably be found.
What areas can officers examine during an inventory search?
Under seats and in the trunk.
You can search all of passenger compartment of the vehicle as well as _____.
occupants reasonable access to a weapon.
What does scope mean?
The search of any area of the vehicle.
This cannot be searched during a vehicle search incident to arrest.
What is the trunk.
Why do many agencies prefer to obtain a warrant for scientific examinations?
To ensure clear legal parameters.
What must the decision to impound a vehicle be made in?
Good faith.
When can you seize any item in plain view?
Probable cause to believe it is contraband or evidence of a crime.
What can be used also to justify searches?
Smells and tips.
If an arrest is not this, no search is allowed.
What is custodial?
How is the scope of a vehicle search defined when conducted with a warrant?
By the terms of the warrant.
What happens if contraband or evidence is found during an inventory search?
It may be seized.
What do you do when you come across a container with the possibility it is or can be used as a weapon?
what's a self-propelled vehicle?
Any motor vehicle driven on the street.
These can be searched if the driver or occupant of the vehicle is taken into custody.
What is vehicle interior?