JUST*1010 Lecture 6: Police Powers
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Police powers: section 8: (cid:862)e(cid:448)eryo(cid:374)e has the right to (cid:271)e se(cid:272)ure agai(cid:374)st u(cid:374)reaso(cid:374)a(cid:271)le sear(cid:272)h a(cid:374)d, reasonableness is based on expectation of privacy, perso(cid:374)"s ho(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d (cid:271)ody, border crossings; prison cells, plain view; public spaces seizure(cid:863) Section 9 (cid:862)e(cid:448)eryo(cid:374)e has the right (cid:374)ot to (cid:271)e ar(cid:271)itrarily detai(cid:374)ed or i(cid:373)priso(cid:374)ed(cid:863: police can detain based on safety concerns, safety of officers based on objective standard, search for weapons. Intrusive searches subject to very high standard: strip searches difficult to justify to court. Police: suspicion, reasonable and probable cause, certainty (cid:862)reasonableness test. Particularity (cid:862)reaso(cid:374)a(cid:271)le a(cid:374)d pro(cid:271)a(cid:271)le grou(cid:374)ds(cid:863) that a crime has been committed: place to be searched, reason for search, nature of evidence sought. Conditions to search on phone: there should be a lawful arrest, there must be a reason for search, take detailed notes to justify why they did what they did, cant fish around and wait to find something. There should is a specific thing they are looking for.
