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• The 4th Amendment protects a person’s reasonable expectation of privacy.  

• The expectation of privacy refers to those places where the U.S. Constitution requires law enforcement to obtain a warrant in order to search for evidence of a crime, such as a person's home or car.

• Searches and seizures that can legally take place without a warrant are limited.

CHAPTER 5

• Patrol: the backbone of all police agencies

  • Responsible for preventing crime, apprehending suspects, and assisting community members

  • Usually the police officer who makes the first contact with the public is the patrol officer.

  • Reactive policing is generally a response for a call for service rather than a self-initiated action

  • Proactive policing efforts involve crime prevention activities (Community policing)

  • Three key components of community policing:

  • Partnerships: involve collaboration efforts to solve problems and increase trust in police

  • Organizational transformation: requires a structure of management, personnel, and information systems that supports the community partners and proactive initiatives

  • Problem-solving: promotes systematic examinations of crime-related issues to provide for effective responses

• Problem-oriented policing (POP)

  • Requires the identification and analysis of crime and disorder problems in order to construct an effective response

  • POP often makes use of the SARA model

• SARA model:

  • Scan: identify and prioritize problems

  • Analyze: research the problem

  • Respond: develop long-lasting solutions

  • Assess: evaluate the success of the responses