Fourth dimension

Chapter four of the Georgia code is arrest of persons. There are four articles about the proper way to arrest an offender and more. Article one provides the proper way to make an arrest. If a person voluntarily gives there freedom away, meaning they don’t resist arrest by the officer then the arrest is complete. In a situation where the officer has an arrest warrant for an offender who is concealed in a house, the officer has the authority to break the door open to arrest the offender. Article…

On Wednesday, April 16, 2016 C-1 and C-2 flagged down and Officer from the Metropolitan Police Department and reported that she set up a meeting on Offer Up at the listed location to sell a Silver iPhone 6s. C-1 stepped out of his vehicle to show to Christopher Taylor herein referred to as R-1 the phone. S-2 came from and unknown location and approached C-1 from behind and unknown object in his back. C-1 turned to seen what was happening, R-1 snatched the phone out of C-1 hand and fled on…

Apple announced it would fight the United States Government on the court order requiring them to develop a custom version of its iOS operating system. The FBI wants to hack into an iPhone that belonged to suspected terrorist, Syed Rizwan Farook, who shot and killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California in December 2015. In February, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym of California ordered Apple to disable the iPhone's auto erase function to assist the FBI to gain access to the suspects' phone,…

what you hear is what you get. As it says in the Fourth Amendment, “ The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated”, is a wonderful feeling of being protected, however, there are loopholes. Such as the government hacking into your phones, computers or any electronic devices without probable cause. Realize, our world of technology has weakened the Fourth Amendment (Zwerdling 2013). What is most…

found a handgun. The gun was wrongfully tried for evidence in the Cook County Circuit Court. His attorney rightfully filed a motion to have the gun evidence suppressed before the trial. Wardlow and his attorney fought that the pat-down violated the fourth amendment against unreasonable search and seizure because the police had no…

On the evening of November 9th, 1989, while exiting an apartment building with a history of drug trafficking, Timothy Dickerson spotted police officers and turned to walk in the opposite direction. In response, the officers commanded Dickerson to stop and proceeded to frisk him. An officer discovered a lump in Dickerson’s pocket of his jacket, and, upon further investigation, the officer believed it to be cocaine wrapped in cellophane. The officer reached into Dickerson’s pocket and confirmed…

time of the incident, therefore the administrative subpoena to Verizon landline would not have turned up Gabe’s home records; an additional subpoena would have been required to obtain this information. The conclusion of the Massachusetts State Police report states “A review of phone records does not support WILLOUGHBY’S claim that a phone call occurred between GABE and MARY GRASING on October 18, 2011 at approximately 4:00 P.M.” Without seeing the additional records, if any, Mason was in…

Billings Police often use Checkpoints or roadblocks to stop and check random drivers and vehicles on public roads looking to make sure Billings drivers have Insurance on the vehicles that they are driving and to check for any impaired drivers due to alcohol and drug consumption. Most of the time these check point are done in the very early morning hours or on weekends or either surrounding holidays or on the holiday it’s self. The Billings Police used a Breathalyzer test on this man to see…

Photographic identification is more common than lineups and show-ups; however, judges have expressed their fear that the absence of the requirement of counsel at photographic identification "confrontations" might encourage police to abuse the identification process. (Wasberg, 2009) A “photo array” is a head-and-shoulders (mug shot) of the suspect and other mug shot pictures of people of similar age, race, and description, which a witness or victim attempts to pick the perpetrator. (Wasberg,…

The Fourth Amendment: Search and Seizure In the Fourth Amendment, it states “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated” (Cornell University of Law). The Fourth Amendment states its main idea in this statement and through it American citizens and their belongings and records are protected from surveillance, searches, and seizures. However, in today’s digital world government officials have…