Search Warrant Flashcards
Identify the information critical in operational planning for search warrants
Gather intelligence on premises, conduct recon on premises. Children present, animals, fences.
Gather background info on subjects and associates,
Basic equipment needs.
Selection of search warrant team
Identify the five essential elements in executing a search warrant
Safety - most important element.
Legality - necessary to prevent seized evidence from being suppressed.
Surprise - key element of surprise is timing
Speed -
Simplicity -
Safety and legality remain constant and are always present
Identify the duties of the entry team, cover team and search team and means of carrying out those duties.
Entry team - security sweep, control occupants, arrest. Knock and announce
Cover team - 360 responsibility, prevent flight, control arrivals and departures, cover retreat, return gunfire, once house is clear close in
Search team - two agent search. Witness, photograph, collect, preserve and document search and evidence of seizure.
Identify techniques for controlling, frisking/searching and controlling occupants and ways of offsetting false accusations.
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