Procedures
Minimum units responding to a possible domestic
2
How many bullets should each officer have on him/her at the beginning of each shift?
46
Does a frisk require PC or reasonable suspicion?
Reasonable suspicion
Suspect willfully and maliciously engaged in a pattern of conduct which was directed at a specific person, and constituted harassment, and involved a threat with the intent to cause imminent fear of death or SBI.
Stalking
Trustworthy facts and inferences that would lead a reasonable person to believe it is more likely that not that a specific crime was or is being committed, or evidence of a crime is in a particular place.
PC
Is Miranda required when ordering a citizen to produce his LTC?
No
Which of the following constitutes a seizure?
Retaining a person's ID
Pulling up behind a vehicle with take-down lights on
Confiscating a visible weapon during an interacting with someone
Retaining ID
landlord owns a duplex; one of the tenants continuously hosts parties and invites drug users to her home at all hours of the night. The other tenant calls to complain several times over a period of weeks and the situation does not get resolved. Who gets charged, and what are they charged with.
Landlord, Keeper of a disorderly house
Tenant #1, disturbing the peace
This is considered when an officer immediately recognizes evidence during a frisk
plain feel
It is unlawful to discharge a firearm within this many feet of a dwelling or other building in use, except with the consent of the legal occupant
500 ft
name three justifications to enter private areas
search warrant
consent
exigent circumstances
(another exception to the warrant requirement)
Suspect breaks and enters, with intent to commit a felony, into a dwelling, in the nighttime, while someone is inside, and is armed, or arms themselves while inside the home.
aggravated burglary
Youngest age anyone can be held in a secure detention
14 years old
Can a person possess a firearm, rifle, or shotgun in their home or business without an LTC ?
Yes, need at least FID
What two things are required to conduct a frisk?
reasonable suspicion of that suspect is 1. engaged in criminal activity and 2. is armed and dangerous
Suspect knowingly sells unusually potent heroin to a female party; party ODs and dies from use of said heroin.
Distribution, Class A
Involuntary Manslaughter
Two reasons the motor vehicle exception exists:
mobility
reduced privacy
The report of a person carrying a fire arm, without more, does not provide reasonable suspicious of unlawful possession.
State three plus factors.
Appears under 21
Gun history
Shots fired
Pointing/Brandishing
Selling
Loading
Concealing
No holster
Possessing during crime
Weapon typically connected with crime
Impaired
Public safety risk
Which Amendment regulates police authority to search and seize?
double points if you can name which Article of MA Declaration of Rights also regulates authority for this.
Article 14
Suspect maliciously intends to disfigure victim and slits party's lip.
Mayhem