CRM 2305 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Grievous Bodily Harm, Police Misconduct, Plain View Doctrine
25 Feb 2015
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Arrest warrant: document that permits a police office to arrest a specific person for a specific reason. Information: written statement sworn by a police officer alleging that a person has committed a specific offence. Secret recording of conversations by state agents. Installation of tracking devices to monitor people"s movements. Searches of automobiles: search can be conducted without a warrant incidental to an arrest in several situations: Necessary to protect life or prevent serious injury. Force options model: provides police administrators and judicial review personnel with an objective framework for analyzing use-of-force situations. Demonstrated threat: individuals who are confronted by the police present various levels of potential danger. Levels typically correspond to the presence of weapons and levels of resistance: 5 levels of resistance. Non-cooperative (little or no physical resistance; verbal defiance) Combative (person attempts or threatens to apply force) Showing the potential to cause grievous bodily harm or death.
