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A 5 page discussion of search and seizure as it applies to vehicles. This paper is based on two fictional scenarios but calls upon case law involving searches of vehicles when those searches were no predicated on the fact that a vehicle is readily mobile. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: AM2_PPsearc7.rtf
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The situations
encountered by police officers are diverse to say the least. Public safety and the police officers safety are often of paramount concern. Such is the case in high-crime
neighborhoods in particular. In these areas police officers are typically more alert as to suspicious circumstances than they would be in similar situations in neighborhoods that are not noted
for high levels of criminal activity. These exigent circumstances enter into an officers decision to approach and question individuals in these areas and they enter into the officers subsequent decision
to search the individual. They also enter into the decision to approach and search vehicles, even decisions that are not predicated on the fact that these vehicles are readily
mobile. Numerous scenarios emerge that can clarify when and why an officer in a high crime area makes certain decisions. Individuals
in parked vehicles in high crime areas, for example, might have valid reasons for being in the area but when they are observed passing objects back and forth between themselves
and individuals outside the car it is not unreasonable for a police officer to approach the vehicle to determine what is occurring. If in that approach the officer observes
further suspicious activity such as the passenger making "shoving down" motions then the officer has even more reason to be concerned about what the individuals are up to and whether
or not the suspect might be armed. Of primary concern in scenarios such as that outlined above, of course, is the
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