The Law Officer's Pocket Manual: 2021 Edition

The Law Officer's Pocket Manual is a handy, pocket-sized, spiral-bound manual that highlights basic legal rules for quick reference and offers examples showing how those rules are applied. The manual provides 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. It includes more than 100 examples drawn from leading cases to provide guidance on how to act in a wide variety of situations. The 2023 edition is completely updated to reflect recent court decisions. This book helps you keep track of everything in a readable and easy-to-carry format. Routledge offers tiered discounts on bulk orders of 5 or more copies: For more information, please visit: https://www.routledge.com/collections/16268

The Law Officer's Pocket Manual is a handy, pocket-sized, spiral-bound manual that highlights basic legal rules for quick reference and offers examples showing how those rules are applied. The manual provides 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. It includes more than 100 examples drawn from leading cases to provide guidance on how to act in a wide variety of situations. The 2023 edition is completely updated to reflect recent court decisions. This book helps you keep track of everything in a readable and easy-to-carry format. Routledge offers tiered discounts on bulk orders of 5 or more copies: For more information, please visit: https://www.routledge.com/collections/16268

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.

The Law Officer's Pocket Manual is a handy, pocket-sized, spiral-bound manual that highlights basic legal rules for quick reference and offers examples showing how those rules are applied. The manual provides 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. It includes more than 100 examples drawn from leading cases to provide guidance on how to act in a wide variety of situations. Some new material in the 2022 Edition: In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court curbed warrantless home entries. The court said that police can't automatically pursue fleeing misdemeanor suspects into a residence without a warrant. Whether exigent circumstances exist depends on the particular facts of each case. In another case, the high court ruled that when a police officer applies force to a suspect's body with intent to restrain, this is a seizure under the Fourth Amendment. The Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling, bolstered home protections. It ruled that the community caretaking exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement doesn't extend to the home. The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, untangled some jurisdictional issues involving Native American, state, and federal enforcement officials. The court bolstered the authority of tribal police over non-American Indians traveling on public roads through reservations. In a pair of cases, the Court reinforced the court-made doctrine of qualified immunity. In both cases the high court said the law was not so "clearly established" as to allow litigation against the officers to move forward. In a civil rights case, the court sent the case back to the circuit court to determine if the suit can move forward.

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

The Law Officer's Pocket Manual is a handy, pocket-sized, spiral-bound manual that highlights basic legal rules for quick reference and offers examples showing how those rules are applied. The manual provides 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. It includes more than 100 examples drawn from leading cases to provide guidance on how to act in a wide variety of situations. The 2020 edition is completely updated to reflect recent court decisions. This book helps you keep track of everything in a readable and easy-to-carry format. Some of the most important case rulings from the past 12 months include: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that probable cause for an arrest precludes a later First Amendment retaliatory arrest claim. The U.S. Supreme Court determined that the exigent circumstances doctrine to the Fourth Amendment will generally allow for a blood draw from an unconscious motorist to be performed without a warrant. The Eleventh Circuit ruled that seizing items, such as a mobile phone, from bystanders violates clearly established law and subjects the officer to a civil rights lawsuit. The Ninth Circuit ruled that the seizure of a mobile phone without a warrant following a high-speed chase was justified as an inventory search under the Fourth Amendment. The Second Circuit dove into the circuit split on rental car searches, deciding that an unlicensed driver not in lawful possession of the vehicle cannot challenge the search. The Seventh Circuit explained that the exclusionary rule does not apply to an illegal entry if there is overwhelming evidence of probable cause and a search warrant was planned before entry. The Second Circuit reaffirmed the principle that prolonging a traffic stop is not unconstitutional if the reason is supported by reasonable suspicion. Annually updated since 1972, The Law Enforcement Pocket Manual, provides police officers, criminal justice practitioners, and students with historical and social context for their role in criminal justice and the guidelines that should be followed in day-to-day policing activities. Routledge offers tiered discounts on bulk orders of 5 or more copies: For more information, please visit: https://www.routledge.com/collections/16268