Search/ Seizure
What do you have when: Criminal activity may be afoot and the person you are about to detain is connected with the possibly criminal activity.
Reasonable Suspicion
What notifications are required (Shall Make) when you receive a report of a school threat?
The handling officer shall notify their patrol sergeant and the watch commander as soon as practical. Consideration should be given to contacting investigations. The WMET team shall be contacted.
What is "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized." ?
4th Amendment
What do you do if a vehicle has been red-tagged and marked and the marking was removed?
If a marked vehicle has been moved or the markings have been removed during as 72 hour investigative period, the vehicle shall be marked again for the 72-hour parking violation and a marked vehicle card completed and forwarded to the Traffic Bureau.
Subject arrested for false police report of a hate crime in chicago.
Jussie Smollett
You need _____ to support an arrest.
Probable Cause
Name 4 situations when you must report the use of force to a supervisor.
1. Caused visible injury
2. The application would lead a reasonable officer to conclude the subject experienced more than momentary discomfort.
3. The subject complained of injury or continuing pain.
4. The subject indicates intent to pursue litigation.
5. Any application of the TASER device or control device.
6. Any application of restraint device other than handcuffs, shackles, or belly chains.
7. The subject was rendered unconscious.
8. The subject was struck or kicked.
9. The subject alleges that any of the above occurred.
What occurs: (1) when a peace officer physically applies force or (2) when a person voluntarily submits to a peace officer's authority. (Hodari D. (1991)
A seizure
An adult arrested on a misdemeanor warrant may be released, subject to Watch Commander
approval, unless any of the following conditions exist: Name 4
2. Warrant involves a firearm.
3. The warrant involves resisting arrest.
4. Warrant involves giving false info to a peace officer.
5. The subject is a danger to him/herself or others due to intoxication or under the influence.
6. The subject requires medical care or is unable to care for own safety.
7. The subject has other ineligible charges pending against him/ her.
8. There is a reasonable likelihood that the offenses would continue or resume, or that the safety of persons or property would be immediatly endangered by the release of the person.
9. The subject refuses to sign the notice to appear.
10. The person cannot provide satisfactory evidence of personal identification.
Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi
Officers observed the defendant walking through a closed shopping area at 1:20am when all the stores were closed. They shined a spotlight on him and got out of their car, and one officer said, "Come over here. I want to talk to you" Was this a detention or consensual encounter? Did the officers have "reasonable suspicion"?
Detention and they did not have "reasonable suspicion because there was no other indication of criminal activity.
Name 3 individuals you should avoid using the TASER on:
1. Known to be pregnant
2. Elderly or obvious juvi's
3. Individuals with low body mass.
4. Individuals who are handcuffed or otherwise restrained.
5. Individuals recently sprayed with a flammable chemical agent or who are in close proximity to any known combustible vapor or flammable material, including OC spray.
6. Individuals whose position or activity may result in collateral injury. (Falls from height or operating vehicles.)
Can a private citizen violate the 4th amendment?
No, only the government or its agents.
1. Disability
2. Gender
3. Nationality
4. Race or ethnicity
5. Religion
6. Sexual Orientation
7. Association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
What sports-related first did ex president George Bush recently accomplish?
First hole-in-one during a golf match.
Bush, who was playing a round of golf at the Trinity Forest Golf Club in Dallas, said his next “golf goal” is to live to 100 so he can “shoot my age.”
Do you need to have enough information to convict someone to justify arresting them?
No, you only need probable cause.
What information is required to be broadcast during a pursuit. Name 5
1. Reason for Pursuit
2. Location and direction of travel.
3. Speed of fleeing vehicle.
4. Description of the fleeing vehicle and license number, if known.
5. Number of known occupants.
6. The identity or description of the known occupants.
7. Info concerning the use of firearms, threat of force, injuries, hostages, or other unusual hazards.
8. Traffic conditions.
What term means: that a defendant must show that the illegal search or seizure invaded his or her own personal, reasonable, and legitimate expectation of privacy.
Standing
Incidents that require a written report: Name any 4.
1. All arrests
2. All felony crimes
3. Non-felony incidents involving threats or stalking behavior.
4. Situations covered by the following policies:
Use of force policy
domestic violence policy
child abuse policy
adult abuse policy
hate crime policy
suspicious activity reporting policy
All misdemeanor crimes where the victim desires a report.
Male Pop star that recently announced he was stepping away from music due to "deep rooted issues".
Justin Bieber
What does an officer need to justify a consensual encounter?
An officer does not need any objective reason or justification for initiating a consensual encounter.
What is the department's policy regarding the use of personal cameras for work-related photos?
Personal cameras SHALL not be used to take photographs of crime/ accident scenes or any other photographs related to official police business unless authorized by a supervisor.
Generally speaking, you should avoid using force and/or physical restraints, such as handcuffs or guns, during a detention situation whenever possible because these "indications of custody" may cause a court to view the detention as a ___ ___?
Defacto Arrest that requires probable cause.
The following death cases shall be appropriately investigated and documented using the approved report: Name 3
Sudden or accidental deaths
Suicides
Homicides or suspected homicides
Unattended deaths (Where a physician refuses to sign a death cert.)
Found dead bodies or body parts.
Name the recently appointed and confirmed Attorney General of the United States:
William Barr