Fourth Amendment Essay

Many Americans agree that being in control of who sees their personal information is important to them. According to the Pew Research Center, over ninety percent of interviewed Americans reveal that they want to have a say in who is collecting their information. The National Security Agency (NSA) is responsible for monitoring and collecting information- both international and domestic. While the NSA and several other government agencies believe that the collecting and storing of personal…

Imagine being invaded at any point. The thought of someone going through my bags or locker is disturbing. When I go to school I shouldn’t have to worry about a teacher or staff member going through my locker. People put special or private things in their lockers. Obviously they don’t want other people looking through their locker. Should teachers have the right to look through student’s lockers or bags at anytime? On one view point, I agree with the thesis. The locker doesn’t actually belong to…

On 02/06/2016 at 13:41 hours, I conducted a motor vehicle stop on a Dodge Charger for improper passing at the intersection of Hurffville and Rt. 42. I activated my overhead lights and sirens and followed the vehicle into the Wendy's parking lot. I approached the vehicle from the driver side where I made contact with the driver, Brian Cox. Brian was advised for the reason for the stop and to surrender his driver's license, registration and insurance card. While I was speaking with Brian,…

On 05-04-2017, members of the Little Rock Police Special Response Unit arrested Jeremy Adams, W/M, DOB: 07-22-1980, at 8819 Colonel Glenn Road, Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Preston was charged with Possession of Methamphetamine and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Mr. Adams was transported to Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility and held without bond. Mr. Adams was assigned Street Narcotic number 2017-SN-331 in reference to this incident. Little Rock Police Department Incident #…

On 03/28/2016 at 1504 hrs, I was dispatched to 1430 9th Street, Great Bend, KS in reference to a subject wanting to report a burglary. At approximately 1507 hrs., Dispatch advised Officer Shane Becker # 347 and Officer Mason Paden # 349 of Great Bend Police Department that an individual at 1430 9th Street was requesting a remove subject from the property. I arrived in the area at 1513 hrs in the alley behind the residence where the other officers were speaking with a male, identified as TOMMY A…

On 06-21-2017 at 2153 hours I was dispatched to 333 South Westwood Boulevard (Walmart) in reference to shoplifting. While responding I was advised the suspects two black female adults and two black juveniles left heading north on Business 67 in a maroon Dodge Challenger. A short time later Officer Duckett attempted to stop a vehicle matching the description provided however the driver of the vehicle failed to stop. See Officer Duckett’s supplemental report. I responded to the location where the…

On the above date I was conducting a business check of Walmart. While conducting the business check, I was alerted by Walmart LP Officer, Marion Edwards, that a White male subject was opening packages and concealing items. I proceeded into the vestibule, located next to the grocery entrance, where I made contact with the male subject, later identified as Clifford William Tyler Morris. Edwards, along with several Walmart managers positively identified the subject as the person who was opening…

Should officials be able to search through personal devices? Some say that it is helpful the community. Others say that officials do not have the right to search through devices. Searching through personal devices without a warrant is definitely an invasion of privacy. Officials need to have evidence or probable cause to look through personal devices. For example, officers shouldn’t look through phones just because the officer thinks something is on the phone, they need to have a warrant, or in…

Consent to search and seizure should be granted in a household in which two persons share a computer but use different login names and passwords when both parties are present and both most give consent otherwise officers can only search the consenting persons portion of the computer. If the one person is present and the other person isn’t the only way the person who is home has authority to consent to a search of the whole computer is by providing passwords for both users. It is recommended that…

II. THE FOURTEENTH CIRCUIT CORRECTLY HELD THAT THE OFFICERS ARE ENTITLED TO QUALIFIED IMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A CLEARLY ESTABLISHED RIGHT TO RECORD OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT ON NOTICE. The doctrine of qualified immunity shields government officials from civil damages as long as their conduct is not violating a clearly established statutory or constitutional right of which a reasonable person would have known. Harlow v. Fitzgerald, 457 U.S. 800, 818 (1982). In specific, qualified immunity…