What is the progression of legal authority
social contact, terry stop, probable cause.
facts and circumstances with in the officers knowledge that are sufficient to cause a person of reasonable caution to believe that a crime may have been committed
Reasonable suspicion:
the authority to search a arrestee’s person and personal effects. (we are able to search a purse and backpack if it is part of the “person” aka worn
1) Mental state,
2) Act,
3) harm
1) Act or omission
2) Mental State
3) Concurrence
4) Causation
5) All laws must be written to put people in notice
10 years
2 years from the event
A ruse is fine as long as it does not what?
1) The officer did not violate a constitutional right
2) The constitutional right alleged to be violated was not “clearly established” at the time of the incident.
Intent to commit the crime, a substantial act to commit the crime
when you aid the person in anyway in committing a crime.
: Intent to promote or facilitate a crime with an offer of money or thing of value.
intent to commit a crime when two or more people agree to commit a crime WITH a substantial step (furtherance of the agreement) .
Intent to commit a crime + substantial step toward committing the crime + an attempt to commit a crime
Assault + on-duty corrections officer or staff
means that no reasonably effective alternative to the use of force appeared to exist and that the amount of force used was reasonable to affect the lawful purpose intended
there are no reasonably effective alternatives
: Provide or facilitate first aid at the earliest safe opportunity WHEN the scene is controlled by law enforcement
: mechanically limiting expansion of the lungs through compression of the chest
a person being placed in a body position which compresses their airway and does not allow them to breath
1) Impact weapons strikes to the head, neck, throat, or spine
2) striking a person’s head onto a hard, fixed object
3) Discharge of a firearm
4) Intentionally striking with a vehicle