SPEA-J - Public And Environmental Affairs SPEA-J 302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Arson, Traffic Flow

• School: IUPUI
• Department: SPEA-J - Public And Environmental Affairs
• Course: SPEA-J - Public And Environmental Affairs SPEA-J 302
• Professor: D A N M.T S A T A R O S

Document Summary

Actions based on administrative justification: inventories can be viewed as another type of fallback measure like seizures based on plain view. Vehicle inventories: a procedure used to take record of a vehicle"s contents. Occur in a number of situations, usually after a care have been impounded. South dakota v. opperman: ussc held that a warrantless inventory is permissible on administrative or regulatory grounds but it must: Be of a routine nature, following standard operating procedures. Not be a pretext concealing an investigatory police motive . An inventory protects the owner"s property while it is in police custody. An inventory protects the police against claims of lost or stolen property. An inventory protects the police & public from dangerous items that might be concealed in the car. Police can examine any container discovered during an inventory: colorado v. Person inventories: (aka arrest inventory) procedure to take record of a person"s personal possessions after they have been lawfully arrested.