Searches & Seizures - June 16, 2025 (Newtown, PA)

Course Description:

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 constrants. 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 Amendemnt to both basic and highly complex fact patterns. An absolutely essential class for personnel at all levels, thought in a uniquly daynamic way.

Topics Include:

• What is a Search and What is a Seizure - Simplified
• Consensual Encounters vs. Terry Stops vs. Arrests
• How to Effectively Articulate Reasonable Suspicion and Probable Cause
• Motorists, Passengers, Cars & Conveyances
• Pedestrians, Residential Property, and Private Property
• Managing Detainees
• Weapons Searches vs. Contraband Searches
• Scope of Search & Incidental Damage
• Prolonged Detentions & Uncooperative Subjects
• Use or Deployment of a K-9

Host or Publisher J.P. Nixon