What am I?
Tatctical Terminoliogy
Miscellaneous
Constitutional Potpurri
Court Cases
100

I am a type of mask that conceals identity

What is Balaclava?

100

SWAT stands for this 

What is Special Weapons and Tactics?

100

This is a legal term that refers to the process of questioning potential jurors to determine if they are fit to serve on a jury in a particular case (to see to say)

What is voir dire?

100

This is the section of the U.S. Constitution where it "specifically" mentions law enforcement

What is nowhere?

It does not specifically mention law enforcement but we look at the 4th Amendment for guidelines of what law enforcement is constiutionally allowed to do

100

This is the landmark court case that established a defendants constitutional right not to remain silent

What is Miranda v. Arizona?

200

I'm a room clearing tactic where an officer enters a room by quickly pivoting around the door frame upon entry, essentially "hooking" around the jamb to minimize exposure to potential threats within the room 

What is the buttonhook?

200

This term describes arresting a target outside of a building during surveillance

What is Takedown?

200

This phrase is Latin for a guilty "mind"

What is Mens Rea?

200

The 4th Amendment provides protection excessive force and this

What is illegal search and seizure?

200

This landmark courtcase established limitiations to Tennessee's "Fleeing Felon" Law

What is Tennessee v. Garner?

300

I am a tactical entry technique used in close quarters combat (CQB) where two individuals entering a room simultaneously cross paths upon entry, allowing each person to cover the opposite "hard corner" of the room, maximizing coverage and minimizing blind spots 

What is the Crisscroos entry method?

300

This term describes the process of verifying a space is free of threats

What is clearing?

300

This phrase is Latin for a guilt "Act"

What is Actus Reus?

300

This Amendment protects you from self incrimination (testifying against yourself)

What is the 5th Amendment?

300

This SCOTUS decision ruled that school segregation was unconstitutional and ended a long standing precedent known as "Seprate but Equal"

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

400

Breaching techniques are methods used to force open closed or locked doors, and can include mechanical, hydraulic, explosive and this

What is ballistic?

400

This term describes the cone-shaped path from the doorway or entry into a room

What is the Fatal Funnel?

400

This is a legal defense that occurs when a law enforcement agent or government agent persuades someone to commit a crime they would not have otherwise committed

What is entrapment?

400

This is the landmark case that highlighted a defendants right not to remain silent

What is Miranda v. Arizona?

400

Tinker v. Demoines was a landmark courtcase involving a group of students who decided to wear black armbands to school to protest the war in Vietnam and gauranteed the students right to this under the 1st Amendment

What is a students' rights to free speech in public schools? 

500

Door entry strategies include dyanmic, deliberate and this

What is Ruse?

  • Dynamic Entry: May include noise-flash devices.

  • Ruse Entry: Employs non-threatening deception.

  • Deliberate Entry: Systematic and careful approach.

500

Crisscross, Buttonhook, Combination are differents types of this

What are Door Entry Methods?

500

This is when a guilty mind and a guilty act happen at the same time

What is concurrence?

500

This Amendment establishes that rights gauranteed at the federal level must also apply at the State level

What is the 14th Amendment?

500

This case established a police officers right to frisk a suspect if they feel they may have a weapon, without the need of a warrant

What is Terry v. Ohio?