Computers, Technology, & Criminalistics in Policing
Homeland Security
100
An interpretation of the U.S. Constitution by the U.S. Supreme Court that holds that evidence seized in violation of the U.S. Constitution cannot be used in court against a defendant.
What is Exclusionary Rule?
100
Is crime rate increasing or decreasing?
What is decreasing?
100
The standard for allowing police officers to perform a stop and frisk of a suspect.
What is a Terry Stop?
100
A way for the police to contact the community by telephone in the event of an emergency situation.
What is Reverse 911?
100
Efforts made since the terrorist acts of 9/11 to protect the U.S. against terrorist acts.
What is Homeland Security?
200
Evidence that may lead a reasonable person to believe that a crime has been committed and that a certain person committed it.
What is probable cause?
200
Search due to arrest, Stop and Frisk weapon look only, Consent to search, Plain view, Abandoned Property
What are exceptions to a search warrant?
200
Police identification procedure involving the placing of a suspect with a group of other people of similar physical characteristics so that a witness or victim of a crime can have the opportunity to identify the perpetrator of the crime.
What is a lineup?
200
Chemical irritant spray, Taser & other stun devices.
What are less that legal weapons?
200
Terrorism committed by citizens of the U.S in the U.S.
What is Domestic Terrorism?
300
The phenomenon in which the popularity of the television series CSI and other television shows and movies makes the pubic and jurors believe that the police can do what their television counterparts can.
What is the CSI effect?
300
Vehicles have less 4th amendment protections than other places due to their ability to be easily moved.
What is the Carrol Doctrine?
300
System that allows almost immediate communication between the police dispatcher and police units in the field .
What is Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)?
300
A device put into a police vehicle that allows the electronic transmission of messages between the police dispatcher and the officer in the field.
What is Mobile Digital Terminal (MDT)?
300
Terrorism committed by people outside of the U.S. in the U.S.
What is International Terrorism?
400
The detaining of a person by law enforcement officers for the purpose of investigation, accompanied by superficial examination of the person's body surface or clothing to discover weapons, contraband, or other objects relating to criminal activity.
What is stop and frisk?
400
Survey of random sample of U.S, households, asking them if a crime was committed against anyone in the household during the prior 6 months.
What is National Crime Victimization Survey?
400
Computerized database of criminal information maintained by the FBI.
What is National Crime Information Center (NCIC)?
400
The use of computers to perform case management in other functions in investigations.
What are Computer Aided Investigations?
400
Information requests issued by a local FBI official who certifies that the information is relevant to an international terrorism or foreign intelligence investigation.
What is National Security Letters?
500
Unplanned questioning of an individual who has aroused the suspicions of an officer.
What is field interrogation?
500
Legal tactic that allowed federal prosecutors to use evidence obtained by state police officers seized through unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Silver Platter Doctrine?
500
Fingerprint impressions left at a crime scene.
What is Latent Prints?
500
Prevent and detect acts of terrorism.
What are Proactive Investigations?
500
Bill passed in 1978 requiring the NSA and the FBI to seek a special court's permission to conduct searches and electronic surveillance in terrorism and spying cases.
What is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)?