Fourth Amendment Essay

On the Thursday 01/19/2017 at 1016 hours, I Officer Chengpor Yang from Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Education Center (LECJEC) 9110 Brooklyn Blvd, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445 responded to a call of a robbery report that took place at LECJEC 9110 Brooklyn Blvd, Brooklyn Park, MN 55445 in the parking lot. Dale Patrick Burns (date of birth: 09/09/1966) parked his black pick-up truck in the parking lot located in the right side of the building (looking at the front entrance doors of the building)…

While on routine patrol I saw two male suspects on was a white male the other was a black male. They were both standing beside the family friendly hotel located at 1985 S. Groesbeck Hwy. I observed Gregory Allen smith walk into the rental officer then walks back to where his friend was standing. Then Robert James jones appears to do walk into the back to where the friend were standing. Then after they were done talking, then Gregory decided to enter into a gray mustang that was parked around the…

Style of Cause and Citation: R. v. Paterson,(2017) SCC 15 Court: “Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) and Court of Appeal of British Columbia (British Columbia’s Court of Appeal) Facts of the case: Following an agreement with the appellant to affect a “no case” seizure if he surrenders three marihuana roaches. The police make a warrantless search and entry by police into the home of the appellant. Once inside, the police found a bulletproof vest, a firearm and drugs (R. v. Paterson, (2017)). They…

On 12-30-15, I deputy Wilbanks stopped a maroon car travleing on hwy 45 with no headlight. Upon speaking with the driver Ariana Hatley i could smell the odor of marijuana. I asked Ms. Hatley if i could see her license and she stated that she did not have any driver license and has not never had one. I asked every on in the car who had the marijuana and no one wanted to tell me. I asked the driver Ms. Hatley if i could search the vehicle, she stated that it was not her vehicle. I explained that…

TSA and backscatter X-Rays is a technology equipment that is used to scan full bodies of airline passengers. It is also known as a WBI (whole body imager), security scanner, body scanner, and a naked scanner. TSA use the backscatter X-Ray to detect hidden weapons, tools, liquids, drugs, stolen currency, and other illegal items. They do this to make the flight ride safe for other passengers and to get to their destination safely without conflicts. Backscatter X-rays are only found at a few…

invocation of his Fifth Amendment rights, and did the California Supreme Court interpret Miranda to broadly? The California Supreme Court previously…

I do not believe that Jones has a chance of winning his appeal against the city of San Francisco for approaching people and asking them for money because I do not believe that Jones' First Amendment right was necessarily violated when he was arrested for it. From what I understand, Jones was arrested for accosting people. For me, the key word in this case is “accosting,” which according to Merriam Webster dictionary means, “to approach and speak to (someone) often in an angry, aggressive, or…

Officer Nighthorse acted in this case just as any officer should have. When he received the call to the Qwiki Mart, he rushed over and received descriptions of the burglar from both the victim and the clerk. After finding Jesse Caufield, a teen who matched the description of the robber, he also discovered the victim’s wallet and a wet Blazers hat in Jesse’s possession. These two pieces of evidence further suggested Jesse Caufield as the thief. The officer did his job by handcuffing the teen.…

The public duty doctrine defenses are subject to the special duty exception. The special duty exception does not create liability. However, it operates to negate the public duty doctrine defense and allows a victim to pursue a possible cause of proceeding under the GTLA (Government Tort Liability Act). (Scott, 2008) Police have an obligation to protect the public at large and therefore do not have a duty to protect individual citizens. Police are held to the same standards as a private citizen…

evidence that a student is breaking the rules set by the school, or has substances or weapons not allowed by the school. Over the years, administrators and teachers have been given more freedom to search student belonging without violating their 4th Amendment rights. The reason behind these searches is to protect the safety of others including the person we are searching. In this scenario, the decision of the teacher to search belongings would not be enough of a probable cause, unless the…