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Stop and Frisk MCQ

_____ is known as state laws that authorize the police to require a citizen subjected to a stop and frisk to prevent identification.

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Correct Answer: stop-and-identify statutes

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_____ is defined as the police may stop an individual in those instances in which they have a reasonable basis to believe that crime may be afoot. The police may conduct a frisk for weapons where the individual fails to dispel the officer’s fear that the individual is armed and presently dangerous.

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Correct Answer: stop and frisk

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_____ is stopping or arresting individuals because of their race, ethnicity, religion, or other characteristic rather than because of their activity.

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Correct Answer: racial profiling

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Is plain-feel doctrine an exception to the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement that allows a police officer to seize an item without a search warrant when (1) the officer is lawfully positioned and (2) there is probable cause to seize the objects?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as an individual who provides information about criminal authority to law enforcement.

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Correct Answer: informant

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_____ is defined as a profile developed based on experience that isolates characteristics of a drug trafficker.

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Correct Answer: drug courier profile

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_____ is the facts of each situation are evaluated to determine whether a police officer’s conduct meets the applicable legal standard. An example is the standard for a reasonable suspicion stop in accordance with Terry v. Ohio.

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Correct Answer: case-by-case determination

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Is articulable suspicion a police officer in justifying an intrusion must present specific and articulable facts that together with rational inferences drawn from those facts reasonably suggest that an individual has committed a crime or is about to commit a crime?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as information from an unidentified informant.

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Correct Answer: anonymous tip

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Dan was pulled over for driving 90 miles per hour in a 45 mile per hour zone. As officers approached Dan’s vehicle, he quickly got out of the car and met them outside. They asked for his license and registration, but he refused to produce the documents. Dan ignored the requests and began walking back toward the car. One officer shined his flashlight into the car and saw what appeared to be a knife in the rear deck by the back windshiel May the officer search the vehicle for weapons?

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Correct Answer: Yes, providing a reasonable belief of dangerousness, an officer can search the entire vehicle.

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In a Terry stop and frisk, a police officer is limited to looking only for weapons that could be used to harm himself or herself or another officer.

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Correct Answer: True

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Allen was stopped by an officer who was looking for a man who, moments earlier, fled the scene of a fight on foot. The officer asked Allen for some form of identification. Allen refused to produce any identification, and the officer arrested Allen for obstructing a police officer in discharging a legal duty. Was the arrest proper?

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Correct Answer: Yes, providing the state had a statute that criminalized the failure to produce identification.

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During a Terry stop, police must use the least intrusive means reasonably available to verify or dispel the officer’s suspicion in a short period of time.

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Correct Answer: True

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Courts have adopted an approach to Terry stops in which under no circumstances may the stop last for more than 20 minutes.

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Correct Answer: False

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Police suspected that Logan was involved in an attempted murder. Police drove to his home and woke him up at 4 m. Without cause, he was handcuffed and placed in the patrol car and taken to police headquarters. In order for this police action to be proper, what would be required?

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Correct Answer: A or b

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Patrick is an Irish immigrant. He recently moved to Boston. He decided to take a stroll to explore the North End to find the best Italian pastries the area had to offer. The North End is a traditional Italian neighborhoo His red curly hair made him quite noticeable on the street, and local resident called the cops in hopes they would make Patrick go back to his own neighborhood and stay out of the North En Can the police stop Patrick and make him leave?

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Correct Answer: No, he has done nothing to give rise to reasonable suspicion.

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A stop by police based solely on race is unconstitutional.

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Correct Answer: True

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Samantha arrived in the United States after an international flight. She had been vacationing in a country that had been having increasing problems with drug exportation. She typically worked in her home state of New York Monday through Friday so she was only able to take short trips over the weeken The flight was 9 hours long, and she had been gone for just 48 hours total. She had no luggage at all. Samantha does not exhibit characteristics consistent with the Markonni drug courier profile.

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Correct Answer: False

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Profiles are very important in identifying and apprehending criminals and should always be relied upon without additional observations.

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Correct Answer: False

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Police receive an anonymous tip. The tipper’s identity is unknown and whether the informant has been reliable in the past is unknown. The informant has secondhand knowledge of the information. May this tip be relied upon?

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Correct Answer: Yes, but the police will likely have to corroborate the details.

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The less reliable the informant, the more a court may insist that the informant provides detailed information.

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Correct Answer: True

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Young woman was hanging out in an area known for drug sales shortly after midnight. A patrolman drove by the corner where she was standing and caught a glimpse of her face. He believed he had picked her up in the past for drug use and sales. The patrolman drove around the block a second time, and when the woman saw him coming, she ran as fast as she could in the opposite direction. Police may have reasonable suspicion to stop the suspect.

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Correct Answer: True

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Which is not a factor relied on in finding reasonable suspicion?

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Correct Answer: Education Level

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Police are authorized to conduct investigative stops and frisks based on reasonable suspicion.

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Correct Answer: True

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