Section 4.5: Legal Environment of Policing

Learning Resources

Learning Objectives
4.5(a)	Discuss how the Bill of Rights protects citizens from abuses by police.
4.5(b)	Define due process and explain how it has been used by the federal courts to protect citizens from abuses by local and state law enforcement.
4.5(c)	Identify the origin of and explain the function of the exclusionary rule.
4.5(d)	Explain the functioning of the fruit of the poisoned tree doctrine.
4.5(e)	Compare and contrast the everyday use of the term arrest is different than the legal meaning of the term.
4.5(f)	Summarize the landmark cases regarding searches of vehicles by police officers.
4.5(g)	Recite the Miranda warnings and describe Supreme Court decisions that have altered Miranda since it was handed down.
4.5(h)	Recite the text of the Fourth Amendment, and explain the meaning of each clause.
4.5(i)	Recite the text of the Eighth Amendment, and explain the meaning of each clause.
4.5(j)	Discuss the issue of civil liability in policing.

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Key Terms

1983 Suit
Affidavit
Arrest Warrant
Automobile Search
Brown v. Mississippi (1936)
Consent Search
Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
Exigent Circumstances Exception
Fleeing Felon Rule
Hot Pursuit Search
Inevitable Discovery Exception
Knock and Announce
Mere Hunch
New York v. Quarles (1984)
Nix v. Williams (1984)
No-knock Warrant
Open Fields Doctrine
Particularity Requirement
Plain View Doctrine
Police Brutality
Primary Aggressor
Public Safety Exception
Reasonable Person Test
Reasonable Suspicion
Remedy
Right to Remain Silent
Rules of Criminal Procedure
Sixth Amendment
Stop and Frisk
Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
Terry Stop
U.S. v. Leon (1984)
Weeks v. U.S. (1914)

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Last Updated:  04/21/2021

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