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Police Suspicion
Can text I uploaded a file a reference. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Stuckey, G., Roberson, C., & Wallace, H. (2006). Procedures justice system (8th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall. Discuss police encounters individuals required level police suspicion needed justify encounters.
Discuss police encounters with individuals and the required level of police suspicion needed to justify these encounters. We will learn about consensual encounters, traffic stops, Terry stops, and arrests. You will take a look at the factors used to determine when a person is under arrest as well as the appropriateness of any searches performed during these encounter
Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures is accorded to all citizens of the United States by the Constitution. Determining precisely what constitutes an unreasonable search or seizure, however, has been an issue of continued debate amongst law enforcement throughout the history of the United States. "Until 1967, a search was an all-or-nothing concept. Either it was a search subject to the probable cause and warrant requirements or it was not a search" (Stuckey, Roberson, & Wallace 2006: 82). However, a more nuanced view of the...
Supreme Court case of Terry v. Ohio created the precedent for the concept of a 'stop and frisk,' or a less intrusive form of a search. A Terry Stop is 'less than an arrest.' It must be of a fairly short duration and no special notice or warrant is required. An arrest, in contrast "is the taking of a person into custody in the manner authorized by law" (Stuckey, Roberson, & Wallace 2006: 84; 79). Temporary detentions are not considered full arrests, but once the officer notifies the subject he or she is under arrest or handcuffs the individual or restrains the individual beyond what is necessary for questioning, the individual is considered under arrest and must be read his or her full Miranda Rights. Frisking for weapons during a temporary detention is only allowed if the officer has a reasonable suspicion that the individual has a weapon on his person. Only if the officer retrieves a weapon may he or she may conduct a full search vs. An arrest where the officer is free to conduct a full body search without any restriction.
In a Terry Stop the officer can "temporarily detain a person for…
References
Stuckey, G., Roberson, C., & Wallace, H. (2006). Procedures in the justice system. (8th Ed.).
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.
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