CPOLS Flashcards
The driver generally has standing to challenge a trunk search, whereas a _________ normally does not 
Passenger
Shining a spotlight on someone and asking him to remove his hands from his pockets
Detention?
No
Consensual encounter:
ASK for, rather than _______, the person’s cooperation
Demand
Combo of spotlight, “rushing at” a person and asking about their legal status amounts to a ____________
detention
No authority to search a person during consensual encounter unless they give you _______-
consent
Does a pat-down/frisk for weapons turn a consensual encounter into a detention?
Yes
Asking m/c rider to remove hands from jacket: detention?
No
Is Instructing a person to walk to the hood of the patrol car a show of authority?
Yes - it’s a detention
Driving alongside a fleeing suspect
Detention?
No - because the person had not submitted to the officer’s authority yet
A detention can never be based solely on a hunch, rumor, intuition, instinct or curiosity. You must have specific __________
specific facts
Men being in a neighborhood frequented by drug users is not enough for reasonable suspicion so a detention would be UNLAWFUL
x
Just because a person is in a high-crime area, doesn’t justify detention / search
x
Is flight in a high-crime area enough to detain?
Yes
If you approach someone or a group and one or more of them walks or runs away, is chasing after them a detention?
NO
Because a “seizure” doesn’t occur until you have physically stopped the person or he stops on his own and submits to your authority
If you yell “STOP” or “FREEZE” or display your weapon - is it automatically a detention?
No - not until the suspect stops fleeing in response
Flight cannot be the only a factor to justify a detention.
x
Flight, when combined with other factors, such as high-crime area and/or time of night, you OFTEN will have what?
a valid reason to detain
Is info from a totally anonymous source sufficient to justify a detention or pat-down?
No - unless there is sufficient corroboration or other indications of the tip’s validity