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Street Legal-Constitutional Law for Patrol

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Fourth and Fifth Amendment issues commonly encountered by patrol officers. Fourth Amendment issues include:  Police / Citizen Encounters (Voluntary Contacts, Terry Stops, Terry Frisks, Arrests), Searches Incident to Arrest, the Automobile Exception to the Warrant Requirement, Exigent Circumstances (Hot Pursuit, Destruction of Evidence, Emergency Scene), Consent Searches, Inventory Searches and legal aspects concerning use of force. Fifth Amendment issues will focus on Miranda and identification procedures (Show-Ups / Photo Arrays). The classroom instruction includes the discussion of recent United States Supreme Court cases that touch on some of these areas to include:  Arizona v. Gant, Kentucky v. King, Perry v. New Hampshire, U.S. v. Jones and Scott v. Harris as well as others.

Who Should Attend

Qualified applicants must be full-time, sworn law enforcement peace officers.

Eligibility

This program is being funded by the FLETC’s Rural Policing Institute. Preference for admission into this program is given to non-federal law enforcement officers or other emergency responders working in rural areas. “Rural” is defined as any area outside of a metropolitan statistical area (MSA), as defined by the Office of Management and Budget; or any jurisdiction inside of a MSA located in a county, borough, parish or land under the jurisdiction of an Indian Tribe with a population of no more than 50,000. Please visit Eligibility Requirements at www.fletc.gov/rpi for more information. Non-rural applicants may be admitted on a space-available basis approximately 35 days prior to the program’s start date.

Cost

TUITION-FREE Attendees are responsible for all travel, lodging and meal expenses.

Registration Information

(1) Go to https://registration.fletc.gov to create an account or login to an existing account; (2) Once logged in select “view/register for courses” under Basic User Functions at the left of the page; (3) select desired course and location and click on “search”; and (4) course options will populate below the box and then select “apply” to register for desired course.

Additional Information

Call 1-800-743-5382 or E-mail us at stateandlocaltraining@dhs.gov and reference the name of the program.

Training Dates

Superior, WI -- May 08, 2012