Policing
Criminal Investigations
Use of Force
Warrant Exceptions
4th, 5th and 6th Amendment Hodge Podge
100
This policing method involves little contact with the community and relies on police radios to direct cars to emergency situations.
What is motorized rapid response?
100
During this eyewitness identification, detectives show pictures for witnesses to choose from.
What is a throw-down?
100
This is the general rule about the level of force police may use.
What is whatever force is reasonable and necessary?
100
The government has the right to search you at borders, airports, and prison visitations. Name the 4th Amendment exception.
What is a regulatory search?
100
The 5th Amendment guarantees you this right.
What is the right not to testify against yourself?
200
This key idea of community policing states that cops should find out what is bothering residents and then solve these problems through arrests. This shows that a neighborhood has not been neglected.
What is the broken windows theory?
200
Describe two criticisms of using informants as an eyewitness identification.
What is most are criminals, they will say what you want them to say and juries don’t believe them at trials?
200
Name two factors that might "get in the way" of a police officer making the right decision on how much force to use.
What is fear, anger, darkness, and split-second changes?
200
After pulling someone over on a routine traffic stop, an officer notices the driver is acting strange. His pupils are dilated and he isn't speaking coherently. The officer asks to search the vehicle and finds marijuana in the center console. The officer did not have a search warrant. Name the 4th Amendment exception.
What is motor vehicle?
200
The 6th Amendment guarantees you this right.
What is the right to have counsel?
300
This city utilizes a community policing model based on neighborhood watch. The basis of their model is a problem-solving partnership between the police and citizens.
What is San Diego?
300
The criticism of this eyewitness identification method is that it gives the witness no possibility of choosing anyone but the suspect.
What is a show-up?
300
Name three of the many factors police officers consider when deciding how much force they should use.
What is the suspect’s weapon, the crime's location, the number of suspects, the amount of cover for officers, the presence of bystanders, the availability of backup and the distance between suspect and officer?
300
Officer Johnson is patrolling his neighborhood when he hears screaming and a gun shot. He quickly runs to the house and breaks down the door. He does not have a warrant. Name the 4th Amendment exception.
What is exigent circumstances?
300
John has been arrested. The police read his Miranda Rights to him. Soon after, he waives his rights. Describe what he must have done to waive them.
What is he must have talked?
400
This unit of the local police investigates any reports of wrongdoing within the department.
What is the internal affiars department?
400
This FBI crime lab unit examines and collects hairs, fibers, ropes, plants, and soil. Investigators in this unit can figure out what criminals were wearing the day the crime occurred.
What is the Trace Evidence Unit?
400
Name two of the factors that must be proven if a police officer is to be acquitted of using deadly force.
What is the officer is making an arrest for a felony violation? What is the officer has made the reason for the arrest known to the suspect? What is the officer believes that deadly force is necessary to prevent the death of another person? What is the officer believes that the deadly force does not create a substantial risk to innocent persons? What is the criminal used deadly force or probably will use it if arrest is delayed?
400
Officers Harrison and Washington are chasing Sara on foot after she was caught shoplifting at No Frills. Sara quickly ducks into her house. Without a warrant, the officers follow her into her private residence. Name the 4th Amendment exception.
What is hot pursuit?
400
The Supreme Court decision in New Jersey v. T.L.O. gave us 4 major findings. Describe three of these.
What is schools are government agencies? What is schools do not have to get search warrants? What is schools require reasonable suspicion not probable cause? What is one search can lead to another search?
500
Name two things that can affect a person's perception of the police.
What is how safe a person feels in their neighborhood, prior interactions with the police, whether they've been a victim, and whether they've been a violent crime victim?
500
This unit has many different jobs from analyzing paper, to dealing with typewriters and computers. This unit can break codes and analyzing handwriting. It maintains a large collection of fraudulent checks, shoe prints, and tire tracks.
What is the Questioned Documents Unit?
500
Name 2 of the use of force rules that police officers broke in the Rodney King incident.
What is the officer did not attempt to arrest the person after using force? What is many other officers are on the scene and can easily control the person? What is the use of force goes on after the preson stops resisting? What is the person does not resist arrest? What is the person resisting arrest could easily be restrained by other methods?
500
Kaitlyn is arrested for being a minor in posession of alcohol. She has a purse with her and the cops dump out all it's contents. They have no search warrant. Name the 4th Amendment exception that applies. Then decide whether this search was legal.
What is incident to arrest? What is, yes this search was legal?
500
Restate the 3 parts of the 4th Amendment in your own words.
What is government officials MUST have (specific) warrants (based on Probable Cause) in order to search or seize people or property?