Quiz 2 Flashcards
(96 cards)
What are the 4 pillars of Report writing?
(CCCA)
-Clear
-Concise
-Complete
-Accurate
What are the 5 Components of a good report?
(CFAPP)
- Chronological Order
-First person
-Active voice
-Past tense
-Professional
What is a negative statement?
When a person tells you they didn’t see or hear anything
What is the golden rule of completeness?
If it isn’t in the report, it didn’t happen.
If the interviewed person does not know the month or year what can you use?
Seasons, holidays, school years, birthdays
True or False:
Conclusions may be included as long as they are factually supported
True
True or false:
Opinions on the credibility of the witness can be included in report.
False
What is a PC affidavit?
A brief summary of the crime
What is procedural law?
Laws, rules and procedures on how law enforcement can treat suspects.
True or false:
Procedural law covers which activities are illegal.
False, it covers how law enforcement can treat suspects.
What is the fourth amendment?
Search and seizure rights
What are the 3 levels of police encounters?
- Mere conversation/encounter
- Stop
- Arrest
What is a mere conversation/ encounter?
Questioning of a person without any restraint of a person’s liberty.
True or false:
During a mere conversation/encounter the person is free to leave.
True.
What is a stop?
Temporary restraint of a persons liberty by a peace officer lawfully present in any place.
True or false:
During a stop, the person is free to leave.
False, the person is NOT free to leave but is not under arrest.
What is an arrest?
When person is placed under actual constructive restraint and is taken into custody for the purpose of charging that person with an offense.
How are these encounters justified?
1. Mere conversation/encounter
2. Stop
3. Arrest
- No justification needed
- Justified by reasonable suspicion
- Justified by probable cause
During a stop, an officer may detain a suspect upon reasonable suspicion that crime ___ _____, __ _______, or __ _____ __ _____.
Has occurred, is occurring, about to occur.
What is a crime?
Any offense for which a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed.
What is a frisk?
An external patting of a person’s outer clothing.
What is a dangerous weapon?
Any instrument, article or substance that under the circumstance of its use, attempted use or threatened use is readily capable of causing death or serious physical injury.
What is a deadly weapon?
Any instrument, article or substance specifically designed for and presently capable of causing death or serious physical injury.
What is reasonable suspicion?
A belief based on specific and articulable facts that the person committed or what about to commit a specific type of crime. Must be objectively reasonable.