Instead of the standard lecture on what you cannot do when acting under the color of law, this class zeros directly in on ways of fulfilling law enforcement objectives in the face of the law’s constraints. Consisting of an interactive multi-media presentation designed to engage the students in thought and discussion with the instructor and each other while learning how to apply the Fourth Amendment to both basic and highly complex fact patterns. An absolutely essential class for personnel at all levels of law enforcement taught in a uniquely dynamic way.
Topics Include
- Searching Cars & Conveyances
- Pretextual Detentions
- At Close Range – Managing Detainees
- Weapons Searches vs. Contraband Searches
- How to Secure Consent
- Hotels, Motels, and Forums of Convenience
- Knock & Talks and Consensual Encounters
- The Home, Curtilage, and the Open Fields Doctrine
- Damaging or Destroying Property & the Scope of the Search
- How to Effectively Articulate Reasonable Suspicion and Probable Cause
- Exigencies, Sweeps, and Holding the Scene
- How to Justify Prolonged Detentions & Dealing with Uncooperative Subjects
- Use or Deployment of a K-9
- Strategic Deception of the Criminal Detainee
More Training
- Interviews, Interrogations & Street Encounters
- Narco-Money Laundering
- Proactive & Undercover Investigations
- Racketeering & Complex Conspiracies
- Searches & Seizures
- Warrants & Affidavit Writing
- Wiretapping & Electronic Surveillance