Greenfield Police Investigation

After reviewing the Greenfield Police footage related to the officer who jumped into the suspect’s car. There were a few things I noticed that could have helped changed the outcome of the situation. In this report I will talk about the use of force, and was the officer correct on what he decided to use. Go over the mistakes that the officer made, and how I would have handled it. The officer’s choice to search the car, and the fallow through steps that I would have taken to normalize the scene. To start lets cover the use of force that the officer used in order to defend himself. I do believe given the way the situation turned out, I do think the use of force was reasonable. My justification for this was due to the suspect fighting back and resisting the officer when he was in the vehicle. As well as the …show more content…
The answer for that is yes he did. While most legal searches require a warrant signed by a judge. There are certain variables that can allow an officer to work around that. Those two variables are probable cause or reasonable suspicion. Now both of these have two very different meanings however, they do tend to get confused and crossed. Probable cause accurse when the officer has an adequate reason to arrest someone, conduct a search, or seize property related to an alleged crime. While Reasonable suspicion is more than a hunch that a crime is being committed, but doesn’t require as much evidence then probable cause. Both allow officers to conduct searches however, an individual may not be arrested on reasonable suspicion unless if it turns into probable cause. So what was it in the scene? Well I believe the officer searching the vehicle had reasonable suspicion due to the smell coming from the car. This granted the officer the authority to search the vehicle. However, the way the officer went about the search was very reckless and endangered his life and the