Arrest Procedures/Arrest Wo Warrants/DV Investigations/Orders For Protection/Transporting Arrestees/Driving Procedures/ICE Notifications/Community Outreach/Search/Seizure Flashcards
Officers may, after notification and approval of a ____________________, exercise discretion regarding continuing with the booking process if it has been determined the arrestee needs __________________.
(Arrest prodedures)
Watch Commander / medical assistance
If the officer chooses not to book the arrestee, they may call for private medical transportation via ambulance. Officers will not make the decision to _______________________ without ensuring that the arrestee has been provided an option for obtaining medical care.
(Arrest procedures)
Release the arrestee
If the medical condition is not life threatening, the officer may transport the arrestee to a hospital or emergency room; however they must release the arrestee to the __________________ . Arrestees will not just be dropped off at the front door of the medical facility.
(Arrest Procedures)
Care of hospital personnel
In cases where it is determined that an arrestee will be transported for medical assistance, either by private transportation or by the officer, the officer may ________ prior to releasing them to medical personnel, or the officer will ________________________ by the end of shift.
(Arrest Procedures)
Cite / submit for an arrest warrant
Officers will not ______________________ anywhere other than CCDC (booked or released to private medical transportation), Las Vegas City Jail, Henderson Jail, or a hospital or emergency room.
(Arrest procedures)
Release arrestees
If the arrestee signs an ______________________ form with the paramedics or medical personnel, they may leave, and the officer will not interfere.
(Arrest Procedures)
Against Medical Advice
When contacted by an arresting officer regarding releasing an arrestee to medical personnel, ensure that the arrestee is not released from custody if the following charges are applicable:
- Crimes against an _____________
- _________ __________ or driving on a DWI revoked license or any other charge where the arrest is mandated by statute
- Any violent crime against person with ____________ injury
- Any violent crime involving the use of a _________ _________
- ___________ Assault
- ______________
(Arrest Procedures)
- Officer
- Domestic violence
- Significant
- Deadly weapon
- Sexual
- Kidnapping
NCF must be done within ___________ of the time of arrest in the field (prior to the submission of the arrest information to the DA) otherwise the release must be coordinated directly with the DA, as the authority to release is out of the control of LVMPD.
(Arrest Procedures)
48 hours
An officer MAY make an arrest without a warrant for:
1. Crimes (felony, gross misdemeanor, or misdemeanor) that have been committed ___________________.
2. __________________ and ________________ not committed in the officer’s presence when the officer has probable cause that the crime was committed and the specific person committed it.
3. Any person who a police officer has probable cause to believe is about to commit a _____________________.
4. _____________________ not committed in the officer’s presence.
5. ________________ delineated in NRS 484 other than DUI.
6. ______________ between siblings, cousins, or current roommates.
(Arrest without Warrant)
- In the officer’s presence
- Felonies and Gross misdemeanors
- Felony crime
- Juvenile misdemeanors
- Traffic offenses
- Battery
An officer WILL make an arrest without a warrant when probable cause exists for the following:
1. All felony and misdemeanor battery acts constituting ______________________.
2. Traffic offenses that are classified as:
2a. _______
2b. _______
2c. _______
3. ________________
(Arrest without warrant)
- Domestic violence
2a. DUI
2b. Felony Hit and Run
2c. Homicide by vehicle - Protective order violations
An officer will immediately release from custody any person they arrested without warrant if the officer becomes aware there is _________________ for proceeding with an arrest against the person. A released person will be deemed not to have been arrested but only _____________.
(Arrest without warrant)
Insufficient probable cause / detained
In cases when a law enforcement employee of any agency is involved as a suspect or victim of domestic violence, immediately notify the ___________ and the ________________ to respond.
(Domestic Violence Investigations)
Watch commander / area lieutenant
The watch commander will contact the _____________________ supervisor if the domestic violence suspect/victim is an LVMPD employee.
(Domestic Violence Investigations)
Criminal Investigations Section
State law requires a __________________ to serve/notify the adverse party of temporary and extended orders for protection against domestic violence when they become aware that such orders exist and have not yet been served/noticed. Any other department member becoming aware of an unserved order must request a ____________________ to respond to the location to serve/notify the adverse party.
(Orders for protection)
Commissioned officer
It is the policy of this department that any LVMPD employee who becomes aware they are an adverse party of an order for protection as detailed in this policy will immediately notify their supervisor.
1. Supervisor will notify the area/bureau commander.
2. The area/bureau commander or designee will notify the _____________________ supervisor of the _______________________ as soon as practical.
(Orders for Protection)
Criminal Investigations Section / Internal Affairs Bureau
Under no circumstances will an arrestee be held in a transport vehicle longer than ________________ before being transported to the detention facility and booked.
(Transporting Arrestees)
Two hours
Arrestees of both sexes may be transported together if the ability to _________________ exists. Every effort should be taken to prevent an opportunity for an allegation of misconduct.
(Transporting arrestees)
Restrict contact
An occurrence in which a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, bicycle, road debris, or stationary object such as a tree, pole, or building resulting in bodily injury, a complaint of bodily injury, death of a person, or results in the total damage to any vehicle or item of property to an apparent extent of $750 or more.
(Driving/Vehicle Procedures)
Collision
An occurrence in which a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, bicycle, road debris, or stationary object such as a tree, pole, or building not resulting in bodily injury, a complaint of bodily injury, death of a person, or results in the total damage to any vehicle or item of property to an apparent extent of less than $750.
(Driving/Vehicle Procedures)
Incident
If the collision involves any other citizen vehicle, non-motorist, significant property damage, PIT, blocking, VCT, or ramming, request a ___________________ unit to respond.
(Driving/Vehicle Procedures)
Traffic Bureau
If the collision only rises to the level of an incident and no other citizen vehicle or non-motorist was involved (LVMPD Property vs. LVMPD Property, single vehicle damage on-or off-road, or single vehicle vs. private property, with minor or no apparent damage), complete and submit an ______________ to the involved member’s bureau/area commander.
(Driving/Vehicle Procedures)
LVMPD 393 - Supervisors’ Report of Department Vehicle Incident
Supervisor’s Report of Department Vehicle Incident (LVMPD 393)
- ________________________ investigates
*Visible damage is apparently minor (small dents/scratches, undercarriage damage).
*No injuries or claimed injuries
*No other citizen vehicle or non-motorist involved.
*Minor damage to private property.
*Training collisions with minor injuries or minor to moderate damage.
(Driving/Vehicle Procedures)
Commissioned Supervisor
Department Vehicle Incident Report (LVMPD PD42 or PDO)
- _______________ or _______________ investigates
*Visible damage is apparently minor (small dents/scratches, undercarriage damage)
*No injuries or claimed injuries.
*Involves citizen vehicle or non-motorist involved.
*Training collision with serious injury or death or major property damage.
*Any use of PIT, blocking with contact, VCT, or ramming.
(Driving/Vehicle Procedures
Traffic Officer / Traffic Supervisor
State of Nevada Traffic Collision Report (NHP5)
-_______________ and ________________ investigates
*Moderate to minor damage (damage is apparently more than minor).
*Any injury or Claimed injuries
(Driving/Vehicle procedures)
Traffic Officer / Traffic Supervisor
When a foreign-born individual is arrested and charged with a violent felony, domestic violence, driving under the influence (DUI), burglary, theft, larceny, petit larceny, and/or assault of a law enforcement officer, the Detention Services Division (DSD) will notify _________________ at the time of both __________ and ___________.
(US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Notifications)
ICE / booking / release
LVMPD will not delay the release of an inmate for ICE. However, LVMPD will honor _________________________ for arrest from ICE. If ICE is not present at the time of the inmate’s release, and there is no _________________, DSD will release the inmate.
(US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Notifications)
Federal judicial warrants
RECAP Phase 1 activation:
-All final command and operational decisions will be made in the control of the ___________________________________.
(Community Responder Outreach)
Bureau commander or designee
CCRO Phase 1 activation:
- ____________________ will coordinate with Traffic Bureau to determine if the crash is a qualifying activation event.
(Community Responder Outreach)
On-scene supervisor
The Fourth Amendment protects an expectation of privacy that must be both ___________________________.
(Search and Seizure)
Reasonable and Legitimate
Exceptions related to criminal investigations where the Fourth Amendment does not apply are:
1. _____________
2. Person has no _______________ to assert a legal right (property right or constitutional right)
3. ______________ searches outside the curtilage
4. ____________ property
5. Searches by a ______________ not acting as an agent of the government.
(Search and Seizure)
- Open View
- Standing
- Trash
- Abandoned
- Private citizen
Warrantless entry into a residence is not permitted under the _____________________. Instead, officers need to articulate the need for an emergency aid exception.
(Search and seizure)
Community Caretaking Doctrine
The department will limit interactions under the Community Caretaking Doctrine to ____________________ on individuals who are outside of a residence and during certain traffic stops.
(Search and seizure)
Welfare checks
The officer’s intent or motivation must be to _________ or ____________. The facts and circumstances must objectively support the officer’s belief that someone is in distress.
(Search and seizure)
Safe life / render aid
The ___________________________ is a recognized exception to a warrant requirement and allows officers to make a warrantless entry to summon emergency medical assistance or to protect an occupant from imminent bodily harm.
(Search and seizure)
Emergency Aid Exception
Officers must consider the totality of the circumstances and be able to articulate an _____________________ for believing there is an immediate need for medical assistance or for protection from imminent bodily harm. The scope and manner of entry must be reasonably adapted to meet those needs.
(Search and seizure)
Objectively reasonable basis
Investigative detentions, also known as reasonable suspicion stops, or Terry stops, allow an officer to stop a person to ascertain their:
(Search and seizure)
Identity and purpose
Search Incident to Arrest of a Person:
-The search of the arrestee must be conducted ____________________ or immediately thereafter when the officer deems it safe to do so. The search should be more thorough than a pat down and will consist of removing all items from the arrestee’s pockets, shoes, socks, etc.
(Search and seizure)
At the time of arrest
Personal property immediately associated with the arrestee will not be _________________________________. Whenever practical, a search should be conducted by officers of the same gender as the subject.
(Search and seizure)
Searched incident to arrest
Prior to allowing persons to re-enter a vehicle on a traffic or vehicle stop, an officer may conduct a frisk of the vehicle for ___________. The officer must be able to articulate reasonable suspicion that a ___________ is contained inside the vehicle.
(Search and seizure)
Weapons
The frisk must be confined to the area of the vehicle where any person may have ___________________.
(Search and seizure)
Immediate access
The officer may only search ______________________ or areas where a weapon may be present. Areas not immediately accessible to the vehicle’s occupants will not be frisked.
(Search and seizure)
Unlocked compartments
Absent exigent circumstances or consent, officers are required to have either an _____________ or _____________ to enter a structure for the purpose of making a probable cause arrest. (Payton Rule)
(Search and seizure)
Arrest warrant / search warrant
Absent exigent circumstances or consent, officers are required to obtain a ____________ to enter a structure owned by a third party for the purpose of serving an arrest warrant or to make a probable cause arrest. The ___________ requires:
1. That officers have probable cause to believe the suspect is located within the structure, and;
2. A showing of why it is reasonable to make entry into the structure instead of waiting for the suspect to exit. (The Steagald Rule)
(Search and Seizure)
Search Warrant
An officer who is legally present in a structure may conduct a ________________ if there is reasonable suspicion to believe there is a threat to safety from a person in the structure.
(Search and seizure)
Protective sweep
It is the policy of this department that warrantless felony or gross misdemeanor arrests will be limited to the ________________ arising from a single set of circumstances, with the exception of violent crimes, for which charges will be combined.
(Arrest Procedures)
Most serious charge(s)
A show of authority by an officer, in words or actions or both, that would cause a reasonable person to think they were being deprived of their liberty more than temporarily (i.e., more than an investigative detention) and involves either:
1. Submission by the subject to the officer’s show of authority, or
2. An actual physical touching that places the subject under the control of the officer.
(Arrests without Warrants)
Arrest
Exists when the facts and circumstances known to the officer would warrant a reasonable person to believe a crime had been committed and that the accused had committed it.
(Arrests without Warrants)
Probable Cause
A __________ should be advised of the potential to be charged in adult court when applicable. Examples of potential crimes include murder, attempt murder, and sexual assault.
(Arrests without Warrants)
Juvenile
Officers must make a probable cause warrantless arrest for any battery offense constituting domestic violence under two conditions:
1. If officers develop probable cause for a suspect who is on scene during their investigation: A battery constituting domestic violence must have been committed within the preceding ______________.
2. If officers develop probable cause for a suspect who is not on scene during their investigation (e.g., fled before police arrived): A batter constituting domestic violence must have been committed within the preceding ____________.
(Domestic Violence Investigations)
- 24 hours
- Seven days
The seven-day window starts when the ______________, not upon the call for service or when officers establish probable cause.
(Domestic Violence Investigations)
Battery occurred
Officers will make a probable cause warrantless arrest within seven days for the battery domestic violence if there is __________________ to the suspect.
(Domestic Violence Investigations)
Lawful access
Absent exigency, a _____________ is required to make a probable cause arrest for the battery domestic violence within seven days upon the suspect’s residence.
(Domestic Violence Investigations)
Warrant
Mutual arrests are discouraged. When officers have probable cause to believe that both parties have committed battery constituting domestic violence (a mutual battery), officers will attempt to determine the ______________________.
(Domestic Violence Investigations)
Primary physical aggressor
If parties involved are believed to be a pimp and prostitute, immediately notify the ___________.
(Domestic Violence Investigations)
Vice Section
A restraining order may be obtained for relief regardless of the relationship between the two parties. There is a filing fee associated with this order. It can be completed by an attorney or by an individual who obtains the necessary paperwork from the local law library.
(Orders for Protection)
Civil Restraining Order
This type of order against domestic violence is available to victims, 24 hours a day, when the suspect has been arrested for a domestic violence-related crime. This order is obtained through SafeNest, the domestic crisis program. This information is also available to victims on the domestic violence blue cards. The suspect will be served with notice prior to release from custody. Both parties are required to appear in court at an established time within one week of the date of issue. There is no fee associated with this order.
(Orders for Protection)
Emergency Temporary Protective Order
An _____________________ against domestic violence may only be granted after notice to the adverse party. It can be extended for up to two years or as indicated on the order itself.
(Orders for Protection)
Extended protective order
This order is granted to victims requesting relief regardless of the nature of their relationship with the suspect. If there is a crime report associated with the case, the victim should provide it or the event number with the application. These orders are issued by Justice Court. The violation of a temporary ___________________ is a gross misdemeanor. Once the order has been extended for up to two years, the charge for any violation is a felony. The adverse party must be served with this order for it to be enforceable.
(Orders for Protection)
Stalking/Harassment order
A _________________ may be granted without notice to the adverse party. It is generally valid for 30 days or until the scheduled court appearance indicated on the back side of the order. The violation of any domestic violence protective order is a misdemeanor; however, for arrest to occur there must be documentation that the adverse party has been notified of and/or served with the order.
(Orders for Protection)
Temporary Protective Order
In the event of an arrestee escape, the transporting officer will notify the _____________ and attempt to recapture the arrestee.
(Transporting Arrestees)
Communications Bureau
A finding that a collision a department member was involved in may have been preventable, but that the collision was unavoidable or ______, considering all the circumstances.
(Driving/Vehicle Procedures)
Excusable
A finding that a collision a department member was involved in was performed in accordance with department policies, procedures, training standards, and traffic laws.
(Driving/Vehicle Procedures)
Non-preventable
A finding that a collision a department member was involved in violated department policies, procedures, training standards, or traffic laws.
(Driving/Vehicle Procedures)
Preventable
Traffic Bureau supervisor will notify Communications in the case of death, serious injury, or significant property damage so they can notify the Traffic Fatal Detail, Watch commander, on-call public information officer, and the involved member’s chain of command. Investigations on fatal collisions involving a department member must be conducted by a law enforcement agency other than the LVMPD; however, the Traffic Fatal Detail may conduct a parallel investigation. The outside agency to conduct these investigations on behalf of LVMPD will be:
(Driving/Vehicle Procedures)
Nevada State Police Highway Patrol
If during a traffic stop a driver becomes non-compliant when asked to provide identification and/or other requested documentation with no other actions, the driver will be considered an ______________. A supervisor will be notified and respond to determine how to proceed.
(Search and Seizure)
Obstructive subject
Officers can ask for identification; however, a person is not required to provide a government-issued ID. If a person only provides a name, officers may require additional ____________________ such as a date of birth or social security number to verify identify.
(Search and Seizure)
Personal identifying information
When a foreign-born individual is arrested and charged with:
1 - ________________
2 - ________________
3 - ________________
4 - ________________
5 - ________________
6 - ________________
7 - ________________
8 - ________________
the Detention Services Division (DSD) will notify ICE at the time of both booking and release.
(US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Notifications)
1 - A Violent Felony
2 - Domestic Violence
3 - Driving Under the Influence (DUI)
4 - Burglary
5 - Theft
6 - Larceny
7 - Petit Larceny
8 - Assault of a Law Enforcement Officer
Only specific sections will be authorized to purchase, maintain, and/or deploy GPS technology. These sections are:
(Search and Seizure)
Technical and Surveillance Squad (TASS)
Vehicle Investigation for Enforcement and Recovery (VIPER)
Major Violators/Narcotics Crime Bureau (MVNCB)
Criminal Intelligence Section (CIS)
