Welcome, class of 2014. New recruits, you have learned much in your training and you are now ready to hit the streets. You will be assigned a training officer for a few months and will be paired up with an experienced officer after some time. But before you go out on the streets, we need to discuss a few things. You will no longer be dealing with instructors and textbooks, you will be dealing with real people and must avoid the slightest hint of impropriety. Police persons must be shining examples of proper behavior. Some of these real people will be innocent bystanders, some will be criminals, but all must be afforded their civil rights and protections under the law. We will now discuss two of these protections: constitutional protections and landmark cases.
The Constitution of the United States protects citizen from abuse by the police force. The Fourth amendment guarantees protection from unreasonable search and seizure. This means that police cannot invade a person’s home without some kind of probable cause that a crime is being committed inside, such as line-of-sight evidence (in other words, you can see it). Do not forget …show more content…
Everyone recognizes the name, I am sure. You should. This case changed the way suspects are interrogated (McBride, 2006). It is a familiar story. Ernesto Miranda was arrested after being picked out of a lineup by a woman who said that he kidnapped and raped her. He was not told of his Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate himself. He confessed after several hours of interrogation and was not represented by counsel when he confessed. Since he did not have these two fundamental rights, anything he said could not be considered of his own free choice. Ironically, Miranda was later retried and convicted without his confession (McBride, 2006). This is why every suspect is read his or her Miranda rights before anything else. Read them again if you are not
The Constitution of the United States protects citizen from abuse by the police force. The Fourth amendment guarantees protection from unreasonable search and seizure. This means that police cannot invade a person’s home without some kind of probable cause that a crime is being committed inside, such as line-of-sight evidence (in other words, you can see it). Do not forget …show more content…
Everyone recognizes the name, I am sure. You should. This case changed the way suspects are interrogated (McBride, 2006). It is a familiar story. Ernesto Miranda was arrested after being picked out of a lineup by a woman who said that he kidnapped and raped her. He was not told of his Fifth Amendment right to not incriminate himself. He confessed after several hours of interrogation and was not represented by counsel when he confessed. Since he did not have these two fundamental rights, anything he said could not be considered of his own free choice. Ironically, Miranda was later retried and convicted without his confession (McBride, 2006). This is why every suspect is read his or her Miranda rights before anything else. Read them again if you are not