Patrol Flashcards
Patrol man terminology that needs to be learned verbatim
Deadly force definition
Force that is likely to cause or that a person knows or should know, would create a substantial risk of causing death serious bodily harm or injury
Justification for Deadly force
Deadly force is justified only when there is reasonable belief that the subject of such force poses an imminent threat of death or serious bodily harm to a person or under the circumstances described below
7 Circumstances for deadly force
1: self defense and defense of other dod personnel
2: defense of others
3: assets vital to national security
4:inherent dangerous property
5: national critical infrastructure
6: arrested or apprehension or escape
7 defending against animals
Deadly force triangle
Opportunity
Capacity
Intent
What is opportunity
Effective range
What is capability
The ability (having a wepon)
What is intent
The willingness to kill
What is Serious bodily harm
Fractured or dislocated bones, deep cuts, torn members of the body, serious damage to the internal organs and other life threatening injuries
Use of force
Compliance controls Contact controls Compliance techniques Defensive tactics Deadly force
Probable cause
Facts or circumstances that would lead a reasonable or prudent person to believe a crime has, is or will be committed and the specific evidence of that crime exists in the location sought
Types of searches
Command authorized Permissive authorized Civilian search warrant Search prior to apprehension Exigency search
Scope of a seach
Searching for an item where it could be hidden
Seach is a quest for evidence
Plain view doctrine
Allow an officer to seize, without a warrant, evidence and contraband found in plain view during a lawful observation
(Officer must be lawfully present at the place where the evidence can be plainly viewed, officer must have lawful righy to access object and the incriminating characters of the object must be immediately apparent
Types of evidence
Real ( physical evidence you can hold)
Testimonial- evidence presented in court in spoken form like an eye witness
Exclusionary rule
A rule of evidence which prevents introducing information at a trial that directly or indirectly stems from illegal police investigation