Exam 6: Policing and the Law

What are two considerations that exempt law enforcement from the Fourth Amendment provision that police officers knock and announce their presence prior to a house search?

Discuss Bittner's three reasons why the military model is attractive to police planners.

In this case, the Supreme Court found that an arrest warrant allows only the search of a suspect's person and the immediate vicinity. Further searches require a warrant.

All law enforcement officers adopt the same style of interacting with the public.

Which is a peacemaking or order-maintenance problem that the police may be called for?

This describes an incident in which the police show a sign of authority and the suspect submits.

Which is not a goal of police patrol?

This mode of policing is concerned primarily with serving the community and its citizens.

In this case, the Supreme Court found that police have the right to search suspects to ensure their own safety if they think that the suspects are armed.

Describe how the way in which police arrest suspects is important.

This style of policing attempts to address the underlying social problems that contribute to crime.

The Fourth Amendment states that "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against , shall not be violated."

All laws, rules, and regulations that specify how the police can go about investigation, interrogation, and arrest need not be consistent with the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Fourth Amendment.

Most police departments tend to incorporate aspects of the watchman, legalistic, and service styles of policing.

To arrest someone at home, the court recommends four restrictions, one of which is that the offense should be a felony.

Far more searches are conducted without warrants than with legally secured warrants.

In this case, the Supreme Court determined that the test of what constitutes seizure is whether the suspect is free to decline an officer's request for a search and terminate the encounter.

This form of policing is based on the idea that if all infractions of the law are met with punishment, offenders will not commit more serious offenses.

List and discuss one of five strategies that, according to L. Paul Sutton, some police officers might use to try to circumvent the Fourth Amendment.

List one of three amendments related to interrogation and its relevant clause.