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List of contents
I. Purpose and Use of This Manual; II. The Police-Citizen Encounter; A. Police Activities That Require No Evidence of Wrongdoing; B. Investigative Detention; C. Qualified Immunity; III. Identifications; A. In-Person Identifications; B. Photograph Identification; IV. Arrest; A. When an Arrest Takes Place; B. What You Need to Arrest—Probable Cause; C. Misdemeanor Arrests; D. Use of Force to Make an Arrest; E. When You Should Get an Arrest Warrant; F. When You Don’t Need an Arrest Warrant; G. Constitutional Requirements of an Arrest Warrant; H. Requirements for Execution of an Arrest Warrant; I. Foreign Nationals; J. Retaliatory Arrests; V. Search Incident to Arrest; A. Automobile Searches; B. Time and Place; C. Plain View; D. "Sweep" of Premises Where Arrest Has Been Made; E. More Intrusive Searches; F. Obtaining Physical Evidence From the Body of a Suspect Under Arrest; G. Obtaining Physical Evidence From the Body of a Suspect Not Under Arrest; VI. Interrogation; A. When Warnings Should Be Given; B. When Warnings Are Not Necessary; C. Miranda Warnings; D. When to Repeat the Warnings; E. Interrogating Juveniles; F. The Suspect’s Answer; G. Questioning; H. Belated Warnings; I. Exceptions to Miranda’s Exclusionary Rule; J. Dealing With a Formally Charged Suspect; VII. Search and Seizure; A. Search Without a Warrant; B. "Searches" That Aren’t Really Searches; C. Search With Warrant; D. Automobile Inventories; E. Inventories of Arrestees; F. Administrative Search Warrants; G. Computers and Other Electronic Devices; H. The Exclusionary Rule; VIII. Surveillance and Preservation of Evidence; Part I. Surveillance; A. Police Surveillance Without Electronic Devices; B. Electronic Surveillance of Communications; C. Electronic Devices That Do Not Intercept Communications; Part II. Preservation of Evidence; IX. Entrapment; X. Disabled Persons; A. Assessing the Condition of Persons Who Are Not Fully Conscious or Able to Communicate; B. Arresting Persons With Disabilities; C. Communicating With Disabled Persons; XI. Case References
About the author
John G. Miles Jr. was legal editor, consultant, and guest lecturer in police training programs sponsored by the U.S. Park Police and other law enforcement agencies. He was a graduate of the Catholic University School of Law and received a degree in political science from the University of California at Berkeley. He belonged to the D.C. Bar and the American Bar Association.
Summary
This spiral-bound manual offers examples showing how rules are applied, with concise guidance based on U.S. Supreme Court rulings on constitutional law issues and other legal developments, covering arrest, search, surveillance, and other routine as well as sensitive areas of law enforcement.
