AG Manual Flashcards
What should officers note when responding to a call?
Route, evidence of suspicious activity, descriptions of people and vehicles, times of arrival at scene
Upon arrival, what must officers first deal with
If a suspect needs to be removed, description of bleeding suspect, medical assistance, preserve decedents
The Medical Examiner must be notified when
Death is from external causes, suspicious, injury following illness, sudden death, death not attended by a physician, prison death, death from contagious disease.
Officers can only remove a body when
Death is from natural causes, or death is from a highway accident.
To preserve a crime scene, officers must
Bar all unnecessary persons including unnecessary police officers, secure the crime scene, identify suspects or witnesses.
After emergencies and security is set at a crime scene, preliminary investigation consists of
Interviewing victims/wits/susps, neighborhood canvass, measure/photo/videotape/sketch, identifying and securing evidence, recording statements
Things that should be documented in field notes at a crime scene
Weather, lighting, personnel, descriptions of areas searched, items searched for, locations of evidence found, damaged or disturbed areas, lack of discovers of expected evidentiary items.
Field sketches should include
Measurements, identifies of all items at the scene, date and time of sketch, care number and classification, name and sig off sketching officer, assisting personnel, compass direction and landmarks of outdoor scene.
How many officers should collect evidence
Two, in case one is unavailable for trial.
Modus Operandi
Method of operation of the perpetrator. This must be determined by the officer. This includes, tools used, type of crime, victims, means of attack, worked spoken, vehicles used, property taken.
Fourth Amendment
Search and Seizure: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects again unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supposed by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the person or things to be seized.
Search warrants should be attained if
there is suffice time. Three Factors: Is there state action? Is the place to be searched protected by the 4th amendment?, Is the search/seizure unreasonable.
The 4th Amendment protects
Person, houses, places, and effects
What is not protected by the 4th Amendment?
Open Field (unoccupied or un developed OUTSIDE OF THE INITIAL AREA AROUND THE HOME (The Curtilage) and is not an officer or commercial structure.
4 Part Test to determine if an area is outside of the curtilage and therefore unprotected
- Proximity to the home
- Whether the area is included within the enclosure surrounding the home
- The nature of the uses to to which the area is put
- The steps taken by the resident to protect the area from observations of passing persons.
Is a locked storage shed, even outside the curtilage, protected?
Yes, a warrant must issue.
Do you need a warrant to look into an open shed, from an open field?
No
When does a search occur?
When a reasonable expectation of privacy is infringed.
When does a seizure occur?
There is some meaning interference with an individual’s possessory interest in the property.
What is a reasonable expectation of privacy REOP?
An individual’s subjective expectation of privacy. What is sought to be kept private should be private.
What people expose to the public is not protected by the 4th A.
