Fourth Amendment One of our most fundamental rights, the Fourth Amendment, where its importance its crucial to comprehend for the sake of every individual in the United States. This particular amendment protects the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers against unreasonable searches and seizures( Swanson, Territo & Taylor, 2017). The Fourth Amendment and its meaning are essential for people to comprehend as we are prone to mistakes from police officers since not many of us know our rights. Such amendment and its importance play a vital role determining whether procedures were followed when police officers are conducting a search or arrest.
Reasonable Suspicion
Reasonable suspicious is based on a strong suspicion that is not that very reliable that a person might be involved in criminal activities or may be armed and dangerous …show more content…
Without probable cause, the amendment itself will not have any meaning to it. Police officers must have probable cause when enforcing an arrest or get a search warrant. When making an arrest, a police officer must have more than just a hunch; he must have the adequate evidence that the individual(s) has committed a crime or were going to. An arrest is valid as long as there’s probable cause, even if the person arrested is innocent (Berman, 2018). Someone is always innocent until proven guilty. Probable cause also plays a factor when attempting to acquire a search warrant. A search warrant must be signed by a judge where it authorizes police officers to search a specific place. The warrant must be convinced by affidavits that establish probable cause by their observations or those of informants or private citizens(Hayes, n.d). Doing so, this would prompt the judge to issue the search warrant and must act upon within 24 hours or so to put the warrant to effect, depending on the city or state as the time can
Reasonable Suspicion
Reasonable suspicious is based on a strong suspicion that is not that very reliable that a person might be involved in criminal activities or may be armed and dangerous …show more content…
Without probable cause, the amendment itself will not have any meaning to it. Police officers must have probable cause when enforcing an arrest or get a search warrant. When making an arrest, a police officer must have more than just a hunch; he must have the adequate evidence that the individual(s) has committed a crime or were going to. An arrest is valid as long as there’s probable cause, even if the person arrested is innocent (Berman, 2018). Someone is always innocent until proven guilty. Probable cause also plays a factor when attempting to acquire a search warrant. A search warrant must be signed by a judge where it authorizes police officers to search a specific place. The warrant must be convinced by affidavits that establish probable cause by their observations or those of informants or private citizens(Hayes, n.d). Doing so, this would prompt the judge to issue the search warrant and must act upon within 24 hours or so to put the warrant to effect, depending on the city or state as the time can