True or False
Legal Standards
Vocab
100

True or False?

An arrest warrant must be signed by a judge

True

A judge issues the warrant if they find probable cause

100

What is the legal standard required for an arrest?

Probable Cause

100

An _________ is any acceptable excuse for asking question

Articulable reason to ask questions

200

True or False?

Refusing to answer a police officer's question can create reasonable suspicion

False

200

What is the legal standard required for an Inquiry?

Founded suspicion that criminality is afoot

200

______ is the belief that the suspect committed the crime, based on “totality of circumstances.”

Probable Cause

300

True or False?

A frisk allows an officer to reach into a suspect's pockets

False

An officer is not allowed to reach into pockets unless they feel or see an object that could be a weapon or evidence of the crime

300

What is the legal standard required for a Request for Information?

Articulable reason to ask

300

_______ is a general sense that the person is involved in something criminal

Founded suspicion that criminality is afoot

400

True or False?

A civilian is legally required to answer a police officer's questions during a Request for Information

False

Civilians are not required to answer questions or provide proof of identity

400

What is the legal standard required for a Frisk?

Articulable basis to fear for their safety

400

An officer has an ________ when they have reason to believe that the suspect has a weapon on their person

Articulable Basis that their life may be in danger

500

True or False?

A frisk can happen after a person has already been arrested

False

A frisk only occurs prior to arrest; afterward it's called a search incident to a lawful arrest

500

What is the legal standard required for a Forcible Stop?

Reasonable suspicion

500

_________ is when the circumstances lead the officer to believe that the suspect has committed or is about to commit a crime

Reasonable Suspicion