Searches & Seizures - New York, NY - August 1, 2024

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 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, taught in a uniquely dynamic way.

Topics Include:

• Consensual Encounters, Right to Approach, Terry Stops, and Arrests
• Motorists, Passengers, Cars & Conveyances
• Pretextual Detentions
• Managing Detainees
• Weapons Searches vs. Contraband Searches
• Scope of Search, Incidental Damage & Destruction of Personal Property
• How to Effectively Articulate Reasonable Suspicion and Probable Cause
• Prolonged Detentions & Uncooperative Subjects
• Use or Deployment of a K-9
• Strategic Deception of the Criminal Detainee

Host or Publisher J.P. Nixon