Reasonable Suspicion Versus Probable Cause

 Law enforcement officers use two methods to investigate possible criminal activity: reasonable suspicion and probable cause. Reasonable suspicion means officers have a reasonable belief, sometimes called a hunch, that criminal activity may have occurred. They have no hard evidence to support their belief. Probable cause is more concrete. Probable cause means officers are not just suspicious that … Read more

criminal writing

  You and Officer Landonio are on patrol. You see two juveniles sitting on the curb, and they are smoking what appears to be a marijuana cigarette. They are not trying to hide the fact that they are smoking marijuana, and you pull your patrol car over to talk to them. You run their names … Read more

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  Officer Landonio is now on the drug task force. He and three other officers have to serve a search warrant regarding a stolen 50-inch plasma television set. He serves the search warrant and walks into the residence with the three officers. Sitting on the coffee table is a variety of narcotics, both prescription and … Read more

Revision of factual

View Nexis Video Tutorials: View YouTube Video: “Nexis Uni: Searching from the Home Page,” LexisNexis Nexis Solutions, (2017) View YouTube Video: “Nexis Uni: How to Select Sources and Create Permalinks,” LexisNexis Nexis Solutions, (2017) View YouTube Video: “Nexis Uni: How to Use the Advanced Search Form,” LexisNexis Nexis Solutions, (2017) View YouTube Video: “Nexis Uni: How to Use the Citation Tool,” LexisNexis Nexis Solutions, (2018)

the courts individual project

You have just been appointed to assist the new court administrator for a medium-sized court system with approximately 75 employees and 5 full-time courts. This is a new position for the courts. In the past, each individual court has primarily managed itself, except for the employee-hiring process, which was completed through the County Human Resource … Read more

The Death Penalty

Prior to presenting your discussion postings watch the The State of the Death Penalty in the United States video, read the Cruel and Unusual Punishment (Links to an external site.) article, the Death Penalty (Links to an external site.) article, The Death Knell for the Death Penalty: Judge Carney’s Order to Kill Capital Punishment Rings Loud Enough … Read more

Reflection 2

  Topic: Prosecutorial Reforms and Challenges Prosecutorial Reforms: What are some of the challenges prosecutors face? Please use the research article linked below.   Instructions and Formatting Requirements: Provide a comprehensive reflection of your critical thoughts on the topic at hand. A minimum of 500 words. It should be typed in Calibri or New Times … Read more

writing

  Select 1 of the following theory categories that attempts to explain why people use drugs as solutions to their mental, emotional, and physical problems: Medical Biological Psychological Sociological Using the library, course materials, textbook, and Web resources, research your selected category of theories, and select 2 of the major theories within that category. Assignment … Read more