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 Attorneys

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.

Whether you are preparing for court or for a promotional exam, you’ll find this course, without question, one of the most important parts of your 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. All attendees will receive a comprehensive written manual containing all of the materials covered. For New Jersey attorneys, this program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 13.6 hours of total CLE credit. Of these, 13.6 qualify as hours of credit toward certification in criminal trial law.

*Successful completion of this course is approved for 1 college credit through Thomas Edison State College.

Seminar Highlights

• Searches incident to arrest:   • New case interpretations • Minor offenses  • Navigating through State v. Eckel • NJ Auto Exception  • State v. Pena-Flores, Fuller;  Minitee • Probable cause and the odor of marijuana • Motor vehicle searches  • The present state of affairs • Motor vehicle searches incident to arrest • Belton is GONE! • Exigent circumstances:  • Trumping the right to privacy • Drug evidence — destruction versus removal • Home entry — emergency aid & plain view • Home entry — community caretaking & plain view • Impound and Inventory — New Jersey’s restrictions • 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:  • Text Messages & Dept-Issued Phones • Abandonment of Property—New case law – Standing • Plain view— The outer limits:  • New “curtilage” issues • Search warrants:  • Requirements for a sufficient affidavit • Informant’s identity — new ruling • Particularity — new ruling • Knock & Announce — new flash-bang ruling • The “reasonable continuation” doctrine • Anticipatory warrants: New Interpretation and approach   • Constitutional Practice • A new emphasis on New Federalism • Laws of Arrest • Exploring probable cause • A dispatcher’s critical mistake • Home entries — with and without warrant • Protective sweeps — New rule • Cash-for-object transactions in high crime areas • Entering a home for a “Knock & Talk” • Citizen complaints; limits in accepting • Tips from informants: Building probable cause • Anonymous tips and Terry frisks • Stop and “frisk” not stop and “strip”! • Investigative pursuits & abandonment of property • Terry stops: • Based on anonymous tips; informant’s tip • As a basis for building probable cause • Motor Vehicle Stops: • Police K-9s    • Objects hanging on mirror • NCIC checks • Hidden compartments • Suspicion for stop versus Suspicion for frisk • Asking out passengers; surprise door opening • Anonymous tips   • Erratic driving • Flight from the police —New rulings • Anonymous tip— “Man with a gun”—restrictions • Roadblocks, checkpoints, vehicular pursuits • Permissible questions during motor vehicle stop