Ops 7 field interviews

Question 1

What is the purpose of Ops 7?

Answer 1

To guard against any abuse of interview process, while providing officers with a lawful method of obtaining information concerning suspicious persons

Question 2

Ops 7 covers…

Answer 2

Field Interviews

Question 3

What is a field interview?

Answer 3

is a communication between an officer and a citizen in which the citizen is free to leave at any time and in which the citizen is voluntarily talking to the officer.

Question 4

When may a field interview be conducted?

Answer 4

at any time a citizen is willing to talk to an officer and the officer has a legal right to be present at the location of the interview.

Question 5

What is the criteria for conducting a Field Interview?

Answer 5

1. Persons acting suspiciously in unusual locations like closed businesses.
2. Recent crimes have been reported in the area
3. A reasonable suspicion that criminal activity has taken place
4. The area in which the interview is being conducted is a high crime area.
5. The person being interviewed resembles the suspect description in a criminal incident
6. Persons whose presence is unusual given the location, time of day, or actions of the persons

Question 6

What is a “Terry” investigatory stop?

Answer 6

A stop in which an officer may restrict the freedom of the citizen for a short time

Question 7

When is a “Terry stop” constitutionally permissible?

Answer 7

when the officer has a reasonable suspicion , supported by specific and articulable facts, that a criminal offense has been or is about to be committed.

Question 8

When is a “frisk” of a person permitted?

Answer 8

During a Terry stop and only if the officer has reasonable suspicion

Question 9

The contact with the citizen must be classified as a ? is the officer doesn’t have reasonable suspicion.

Answer 9

Field Interview

Question 10

When is a “frisk” permissible during a field interview?

Answer 10

when the officer develops reasonable suspicion that would support a “Terry” investigatory stop and the officer also has a reasonable suspicion supported by specific and articulable facts that the suspect is armed or may otherwise be dangerous

Question 11

A field interview may NOT be initiated by a ?

Answer 11

Traffic stop using blue lights and siren