2008 New Jersey Entry Level Preparation Course

Comprehensive Promotional Exam Preparation Course: Police Supervision, Management & Law

NJ Laws of Arrest, Search & Seizure Case Law Review & Update

New Jersey Legal Update Title 2C / Title 39 / Confession Law (Including Interviews, Confessions & Miranda)

Juvenile Law & Procedure (Including School Searches)

Interview and Interrogation Techniques & The Detection of Deception

2008 Sheriff’s Promotional Exam
Comprehensive Preparation Course

SORA Certification Training Class

 

 

 


Created and presented by Larry E. Holtz, Esq., this two-day, highly-acclaimed program will provide a review and update on the recent developments and changes in the laws of arrest, investigative detentions (with a special focus on "stop & frisk" and motor vehicle stops), search warrants, and the exceptions to the written warrant requirement.

Recommended for

Patrol Officers
Detectives and Investigators
Supervisors
Police Trainers
State Troopers
Sheriff's Officers
Criminal Justice Instructors and Professors

The seminar will focus on the court decisions which have been recently handed down by the United States Supreme Court, the New Jersey Supreme Court, and the various panels of the Appellate Division.

Persons preparing for promotional exams will find this course, without question, one of the most important parts of their preparation.

In addition to providing a comprehensive update of new material, the seminar will simultaneously serve as a comprehensive refresher for those persons who have not had an opportunity to attend an arrest, search and seizure review and update for a number of years.

The American Council on Education’s College Credit Recommendation Service has evaluated and recommended 1 college credit for this course. For more information, visit ACE Credit’s website at http://www.acenet.edu/acecredit.

Seminar Highlights

Laws of Arrest:
Home entries
”Consent once removed”
Analyzing probable cause
Protective sweeps — New rule
Cash-for-object transactions in high crime areas
Entering a home for a “Knock & Talk”
Citizen complaints; limits in accepting
Racially-Influenced Policing: A.G. Directive & Rules
Tips from informants: Building probable cause
Mere inquiries:
New restrictions
Investigative pursuits & abandonment of property
Terry stops:
Based on anonymous tips; informant’s tip
When a suspect refuses to identify himself
As a basis for building probable cause
Police K-9's:
Rules for use refined
During traffic stops
Investigative detention orders — Requirements
Flight from the police — New rulings
Anonymous tip — “Man with a gun” — restrictions
Roadblocks & Checkpoints: New rules
Community Caretaking Functions — Revisited
Motor vehicle stops based on:
Anonymous tips
Erratic driving
Erroneous computer information
Permissible questions during motor vehicle stop
Motor vehicle pursuits — The “PIT” maneuver
Motor vehicle stops — The “seizure” of passengers
Searches incident to arrest:
New case interpretations
Minor offenses
Navigating through State v. Eckel
Search of vehicle based on discovery of drugs on a recent occupant
Probable cause and the odor of marijuana
Vehicle searches based on arrest of drunk driver
Exigent circumstances:
Tracking cell phone use
Home entry when person is threatened
Home entry upon hearing a fight taking place inside
New Jersey “automobile exception” clarified and solidified
Impound law and uninsured vehicles
Consent searches:
The New Jersey standard & Home searches
Common authority revisited
During motor vehicle stops
Disabled vehicles
Threatening to “call for a dog”
When a co-occupant is present and objects
Privacy expectations:
ISP subscriber information
Electrical usage records
Bank records
DNA testing
Plain touch — New interpretation
Plain view — The outer limits:
New “curtilage” issues
Search warrants:
Requirements for a sufficient affidavit
Execution — detaining or handcuffing; mistakes
New Ruling on the “neutral and detached” judge
“No knock” entries
Requirements
Controlled buys
Anticipatory warrants: New Interpretation and approach
Fire scenes — New Jersey case interpretation


 
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