Tag: Search and Seizure: Page 10

SWAT

The Hidden Dangers of Suspect Searches

POLICE SWAT expert and retired LEO Bob O'Brien tells you seven tales from his experiences to teach about the danger of missing a hidden suspect during a search.

February 1, 2011

Patrol

Buffalo Airport Officer Took Home 1,000 Confiscated Items

The officer, who works for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, acknowledged the thefts after the airport implemented a new inventory system and supervisors noticed the missing items.

January 26, 2011

Patrol

SCOTUS Appears To Give Police More Leeway In Searches

In the past, the high court has said officers need a search warrant to enter a home, but during arguments in a drug case, the court's conservatives said they favored relaxing that rule when police say they have a need to act fast.

January 12, 2011

Patrol

Calif. High Court OKs Cell Phone Searches Without Warrant

The majority of justices, in their ruling, agreed that the cell phone was a personal item of Diaz's at the time of his arrest and during administrative processing at the station.

January 5, 2011

Special Units

K-9 Drug Detection Cases

In the usual case, both the seizure and the search must be reasonable under the Fourth Amendment in order for the evidence to be admissible. The U.S. Supreme Court and federal appeals courts have considered both issues when officers have used K-9s to detect contraband.

January 2, 2011

SWAT

Confined Spaces and Tunnel Rats

It takes a special officer to willingly, capably, and effectively search confined spaces for suspects. During the Vietnam War, "tunnel rats" were employed to search the often elaborate, always extremely hazardous NVA/VC tunnel systems.

December 21, 2010

SWAT

Searching for Hidden Suspects

I'd say every SWAT team trains extensively on suspect searches with special emphasis on the terrain they're dealing with. Regardless of terrain type, every SWAT team must be adept at searching buildings and outdoor terrain.

December 12, 2010

Patrol

Vehicle Searches: Where and When?

It would be great if there were a single, simple rule to tell you where and when you may lawfully search a vehicle for contraband or evidence. Unfortunately, there are multiple rules, and sometimes more than one of them may apply.

November 30, 2010

Patrol

Concealed Suspects: Into the Hearts of Darkness

Attics, basements, closets, and crawlspaces all present great hazards to officers searching for concealed suspects.

November 17, 2010

Patrol

Avoid Defective Search Warrants

Flaws in a warrant that are so obvious you should have recognized them can doom your search and seizure and eliminate the usual "good faith" protection.

November 10, 2010

Patrol

SCOTUS To Decide Whether Officers Need Warrant To Conduct Sex Abuse Interviews at School

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Camreta v. Greene, an Oregon case centering on a whether a child protective services caseworker and deputy sheriff violated the Fourth Amendment when they interrogated a child who alleged sexual abuse in a private office at the child's school for two hours without a warrant, exigent circumstances or parental consent.

October 20, 2010

Patrol

Florida Man Denies Cocaine Recovered From Buttocks Is His

Deputies had searched the 25-year-old Roberts after smelling marijuana during a vehicle stop. He had been pulled over for speeding. Roberts possessed 4.5 grams of marijuana and 27 pieces of rock cocaine weighing 3.5 grams.

October 4, 2010