The Law Officer's Pocket Manual: 2021 Edition

Cover Page -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- I. Purpose and Use of This Manual -- II. The Police-Citizen Encounter -- A. Police Activities That Require No Evidence of Wrongdoing -- 1. Routine Patrol -- 2. The Consensual Encounter -- 3. Community Caretaking Activities -- 4. Roadblock or Checkpoint Vehicle Stops -- 5. Canine Sniffs -- B. Investigative Detention -- 1. What You Need to Make an Investigative Detention-Reasonable Suspicion -- a. Personal Observation and Information Known to Other Officers -- b. Tips From Informers -- c. Pretext Stops -- 2. Conduct During Detention -- a. The Terry Stop -- b. The Terry Frisk -- c. Plain Touch Seizures -- d. Additional Officer Security Measures -- 3. Detention During Execution of a Warrant -- 4. Motor Vehicle Stops -- a. Occupants of Vehicles -- b. Duration of Motor Vehicle Stop -- c. Luggage in Vehicles -- 5. Pursuit -- 6. High-Speed Chases -- 7. Jurisdiction -- C. Qualified Immunity -- III. Identifications -- A. In-Person Identifications -- 1. Right to Have Counsel Present -- 2. On-the-Scene Showups -- 3. Immediate Identification Demanded by a Suspect -- 4. Identification by Witness Without Police Participation -- B. Photograph Identification -- IV. Arrest -- A. When an Arrest Takes Place -- B. What You Need to Arrest-Probable Cause -- 1. Official Reports -- 2. Crime Victims or Witnesses -- 3. Reports From "Good Citizen" Informers -- 4. Anonymous, Paid, or Habitual Government Informers -- 5. Automobiles -- 6. Canine Sniffs -- 7. Defendant's Reputation or Past Record -- 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.

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 1. Right to Have Counsel Present 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