imminent injury‚ and if they have a reasonable belief that the person within the house is in need of immediate aid. If the delay in waiting for a search warrant would endanger the police officers lives or the lives of others. Another example of a warrantless search would be when there is sufficient justification that evidence is going to be destroyed. If the police officer is pursuing a suspect from a just-committed crime involving the infliction or threatened infliction of death and/or serious bodily
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Upon arriving at the scene‚ the investigator may talk to the first responders to collect as much information as possible. Such as the initial condition of the scene and anyone involved in the alleged crime. The invesigators will examine the crime scene and search for physical evidence‚ collect and document the evidence. The scene must be searched thoroughly and methodically to discover as much evidence as possible related to the crime and to connect the suspect to the crime. The apartment is best
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Police Functions Kyra Kirkland CJA/394 March 19‚ 2012 Dr. Hector Garcia Police Functions Over the years‚ police have been portrayed in the media‚ television shows‚ and the local newspaper as crime fighting heroes. This portrayal would make one think a police officer is always out doing a dangerous job‚ which may require shooting‚ beating up‚ or arrested the bad guy. The truth is‚ most officers will not make a felony arrest in a given year‚ and there are also many officers who have never fired
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Describe and Discuss an Episode of Significant Investigative Journalism and Analyse What Impact This May Have Had In this essay I am going to look at the significance of the Watergate scandal and the effects that it had on America. I will also discuss what the importance of investigative journalism is and the role that it has in society. The chain of events known as Watergate was an American political scandal in the 1970’s which ultimately led Richard Nixon to resign as president of the United
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law was to be enacted and an injunction was requested based on the laws that allowed law enforcement to determine immigration status during any lawful stop‚ the requirement to carry alien registration documents‚ not able to apply for work‚ and warrantless arrests with probable cause (which would in turn make the person removable from the country)
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The fourth amendment was created by experience‚ unwanting of a rebellion‚ and more freedom than the british offered when the U.S. were colonies. “The first colony to pass a law against this practice was Massachusetts circa 1756. A great deal of strife ensued‚ and in what was telling about the practice‚ the King’s top lawyer‚ James Otis‚ resigned in opposition to the practice of general warrants”(Why Do We Have The Fourth Amendment?). This shows that even when they were colonies they had the determination
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for which it is met. There are seven types of searches that do not require a warrant. We will list these seven types of searches‚ but will discuss only two in full detail. As part of the discussion we will show what the rationale is for allowing warrantless searches‚ and if those reasons are persuasive or not. We will further discuss whether or not Probable Cause must exist in order to obtain a search warrant. Discussion of Search Warrants and Probable Cause Let’s begin with the definition
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particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things seized.” The Fourth Amendment is clearly broken in the case of Weeks v. United States‚ it was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously held that the warrantless seizure of items from a private residence constitutes a violation of the Fourth Amendment. It also prevented local officers from securing evidence by means prohibited under the federal exclusionary rule and giving it to their federal colleagues
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(Exclusionary Rule‚ n.d.) The first case that applied the exclusionary rule was the case of Weeks v. United States‚ 232 U.S. 393‚ in which the Supreme Court “held that the Fourth Amendment barred the use of evidence secured through a warrantless search.” (Exclusionary Rule‚ n.d.) The exclusionary rule requires an illegal action by a police officer or agent of the police‚ evidence secured as a result of the illegal action‚ and a “casual connection between the illegal action and the evidence
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take into their possession‚ this shows just how important a warrant really is or officers could technically seize any property they would like. The people of the United States rely on the Fourth Amendment to keep our properties private and safe. Warrantless searches of private properties are mostly prohibited‚ if they were not prohibited law enforcement would be free to search and seize properties and objects‚ and ultimately arrest people without valuable
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