Exam 4
A police officer pulls over a vehicle after observing a traffic violation. After they issue a traffic
citation, the officer may continually detain the offender for an extended length of time in order to
conduct a canine search of the car for drugs. - ANS-False (the officer must release the traffic
offender once all reasonable business associated with the traffic offense has been conducted.
The detention could only continue if the officer had reasonable suspicion of a drug offense.
A pretextual stop is best defined as: - ANS-The police use the legal justification of a traffic
violation stop to conduct an investigation for other criminal activity
A state trooper observes a car speeding on a road leading away from a suspected meth lab.
The trooper pulls him over for speeding. Upon approaching the car, the trooper sees the driver
stuffing meth under the front seat. The driver is arrested and the meth is seized. Which of the
following most accurately reflect the legal result? - ANS-The evidence is admissible because it
was a valid stop for a traffic violation and the evidence was in planing view.
An alimentary canal smuggler is: - ANS-An individual who smuggles drugs placing them inside
condoms and swallowing them in order to carry them across an international border.
If you were observed committing a crime in a public park by google maps satellite imagery, the
image would be admissible - ANS-True
Law enforcement agencies. may set up roadblocks in emergency situations in order to detect
and apprehend a dangerous criminal - ANS-True
Law enforcement must generally obtain a search warrant in order to retrieve CSLI data -
ANS-True
Law enforcement officers may order a passenger to get out of a car during a traffic stop -
ANS-True
Police may set up a roadblock to investigate drug trafficking if they post a sign notifying drivers
of the upcoming roadblock - ANS-False (drug roadblocks are not linked to public safety, like that
of drunk driver roadblocks, but instead crime control)
Police may stop a motor vehicle based on reasonable suspicion even though there has been no
traffic violation. - ANS-True
Remy flew into the Cleveland international airport on a non-stop flight from London, England. He
had visited his parents in Liverpool. When he entered the Cleveland airport, agents from the U.S
Customs Agency searched his luggage and found cocaine. Remy had not given them consent
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