Police may search a vehicle incident to a recent occupant’s arrest if it is reasonable to believe the vehicle contains evidence of the offense of arrest. Gant‚ 556 U.S. 332 at 351. Courts have held that when police arrest a person on a traffic violation it is not reasonable to believe that evidence of the violation is in the vehicle. In United States v. Majette‚ the court held that it was unreasonable for the officer to believe he would find evidence of the arrestee’s suspended license in the
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On Monday 08/07/2017 at approximately 2008 hours‚ I‚ J. Farmer #175‚ observed a black 2006 Ford Crown Victoria bearing MS tag HGG562 traveling north on Hwy 49 near the intersection of 5th St. When I observed the vehicle‚ I noticed it had unlawfully tinted windows‚ which were dark enough I was not able to see inside of the vehicle in a well lit area. I conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle‚ and the driver pulled into 11484 Hwy 49 (Whataburger). I then approached the vehicle‚ at which time I smelled
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NYPD: Stop‚ Question & Frisk Policy A New Style of Policing or a Crime Fighting Tool? Racial Profiling in the Criminal Justice system. Racial Profiling has been argued to be a very ineffective style of community policing in the criminal justice system. Using the New York City Police Department‚ “Stop‚ Question & Frisk” Policy as a model‚ I will show that profiling has led to lower crime rates which is shown from a current and historical point of view. Using history
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During the early medieval period‚ most of the outlaws were for criminal acts. A victim would make a public accusation called an appeal‚ in the county court. These appeals‚ along with royal writs ordering (or exacting) the appearance of the defendant‚ they were recorded by the coroner on his rolls‚ the process of outlawry had expanded considerably to include both civil and criminal actions. Although the county court remained the institution in which outlaws were declared‚ the process of outlawry by
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FIRST AMENDMENT The First Amendment outlines five of the most basic rights of any American: the freedom of religion and its practices‚ the freedom of speech‚ the freedom of press‚ the freedom of assembly‚ and the liberty to formally write requests to the government. SECOND AMENDMENT The Second Amendment simply gives Americans the right to keep and bear Arms. THIRD AMENDMENT The Third Amendment gives citizens the right to say no to housing soldiers when the country is not in war. This amendment
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In some cases‚ one of the things that people do is to dispose of incriminatory objects‚ documents or things related to drug use‚ they often believe that evidence will not be found or do not take into account if there is a law enforcer who may take advantage of the situation. People are not aware that the law can use garbage obtain a search warrant for your home or vehicle without it being a search under the 4th amendment‚ especially in drug related crimes‚ most of the people think that they need
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Stop and Frisk Introduction Police Officers work for many hours and most of those hours are stopping people on the street to see what they carry. Stop and frisk is “One of the most controversial police procedures is the stop and frisk search. This type of limited search occurs when police confront a suspicious person in an effort to prevent a crime from taking place. The police frisk (pat down) the person for weapons and question the person‚” (Farlex‚ 2008‚ pg. 1). How stop and frisk became
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Question 3: Discuss what a trained dog can use scent evidence to perform. Answer: According to Gardner and Anderson (2016)‚ “dogs have been used to pursue fugitives‚ locate escaped convicts‚ find missing persons‚ detect drugs and explosives‚ and‚ in recent years‚ identify suspects in a lineup” (p. 412). Since dogs have a much better smell than humans‚ they can help officers search for evidence (Gardner & Anderson‚ 2016). Trained drug sniffing dogs help law enforcement by alerting officers if they
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Is New York City’s Stop and Frisk law infringing upon Americans rights? In 2011‚ 685‚ 724 people were stopped and frisked by the police. This is a record high by more than 50‚000 stops in New York City‚ 87% of the stops were either black or Latino‚ raising the question of is this morally ethical due to racial profiling (NYCLU‚ 2014). Why should an individual be stopped and frisked without probable cause? Stopping and frisking without probable cause is an act of racism‚ profiling someone due
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CHAPPELL‚ KEVIN. "Fighting Against NYC’s Stop-And-Frisk Policy." Ebony 67.11 (2012): 29. Academic Search Premier. Web. 24 Sept. 2014. Chappell is a writer for Ebony Magazine. Chappell talks about the stop and frisk police program in New York City. He talks about how blacks are practically being targeted and even gives statistics about the rate in which black men are stopped and how most of these men are eventually found to not be breaking any laws. He gives an account of someone and states that it
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