The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures. Modern officials have granted police officers in New York City an incentive to respect the amendment. The Stop and Frisk program employed by the New York Police Department‚ gives police officers the right to initiate a stop of an individual on the street allegedly and do a quick search of their outer clothes for weapons based on if the officer has a reasonable suspicion that a crime
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Warrants The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated‚ and no warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by oath or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to be searched‚ and the persons or things to be seized. (1) These words of the Fourth Amendment give the people protection against unnecessary harassment by local‚ state and federal law enforcements. Authorities have
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speech‚ and right to privacy are altered. Americans have many rights; one of them being the right against unreasonable searches and seizures. The fourth amendment of The Bill of Rights says that people have a right to not be hassled or investigated without reason. “The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated…” (US Const. amend. X). This means that a person is not allowed to be searched without
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The movie‚ “The Hurt Locker” directed by Kathryn Bigelow It is a well-known fact that every soldier that goes into combat takes the risk of losing his life. But what is not known‚ perhaps from repression of the thought or ignorance‚ is that it is not just a risk‚ but a guarantee that every soldier will lose his mind. Wounds can heal but horrific memories of the brutality of war will leave psychological scars will remain with the survivors. The movie‚ “The Hurt Locker” provoked me to think differently
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Question 3: Discuss what a trained dog can use scent evidence to perform. Answer: According to Gardner and Anderson (2016)‚ “dogs have been used to pursue fugitives‚ locate escaped convicts‚ find missing persons‚ detect drugs and explosives‚ and‚ in recent years‚ identify suspects in a lineup” (p. 412). Since dogs have a much better smell than humans‚ they can help officers search for evidence (Gardner & Anderson‚ 2016). Trained drug sniffing dogs help law enforcement by alerting officers if they
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Emily Arochi Plain View/Open Fields ADJ/275 February 7‚ 2010 In our readings the plain view doctrine states “that items that are within the sight of an officer who is legally in a place from which the view is made may properly be seized without a warrant—as long as such items are immediately recognizable as subject to seizure”. There are some requirements of the plain view doctrine. One requirement is the awareness of the items solely through the officer’s sight. Another requirement is that
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Fourth Amendment has been held to mean that a warrant must be judicially given for a search or an arrest. In order for a warrant to be considered reasonable‚ it must be supported by probable cause. The Fourth Amendment also applies to governmental searches and seizures‚ but not those done by private citizens or organizations who are not acting on behalf of a government. An important test case of the Fourth Amendment was Katz v. United States (Document A). This case showed that if a person seeks to
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may be a danger to the community. The Fourth Amendment protects individuals against unreasonable searches. The amendment also states that no warrant shall be issued without a probable cause. The objective basis of the law is to conduct searches when there is enough evidence to back up the accusation or claim that is being made. Modern jurisprudence has given officers the incentive to conduct searches without a warrant. All an officer needs to conduct a search is reasonable suspicion that an individual
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para. 4) The arguments that Mopak Corporation will make in response to the wrongful termination suit are that in the employees’ policy manual‚ handbooks or contracts reflect that the employee and/or contract workers must agree to random vehicle searches‚ random drug testing‚ and an at will clause for employment; that when signed by the employees and/or contract workers‚ it becomes binding‚ implied‚ or implied-in-fact contracts. In the 1988 decision of landmark case Foley vs. Interactive Data
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Fourth Amendment rights were violated and thus his suppression motion should be granted. The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution 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‚ and no Warrants shall issue‚ but upon probable cause‚ supported by Oath or affirmation‚ and particularly describing the place to be searched‚ and the persons or things to be seized. U.S. Const. amend. IV The Fourth
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