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Policing is an ever-evolving profession where decisions are made in seconds and judged forever. It’s never been harder to be a cop. That’s why this podcast exists—to make smarter cops, because smarter cops make smarter decisions.
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When Can Police Search a Car After an Arrest? | Arizona v. Gant Ep. 18 (opens the original)
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When can police search a vehicle after arresting someone?For nearly 30 years, New York v. Belton was widely understood to give police a broad rule for searching the passenger compartment of a vehicle after arresting an occupant.Then came Arizona v. Gant.In this episode, we break down how the Supreme Court changed the rules for vehicle searches incident to arrest—and why the distinction between an arrestee's ability to reach the vehicle and the possibility of finding evidence of the offense of ar
When Can Police Search Property After an Arrest? | Edwards & Chadwick Ep. 17 (opens the original)
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What happens to a suspect's property after you make an arrest?In this Nuts & Bolts edition of Cuffs & Case Law, we continue our series on search incident to a lawful arrest with United States v. Edwards and United States v. Chadwick.Edwards deals with an officer taking a suspect's clothing as evidence after the suspect was already at the jail. Chadwick involves a locked footlocker that police seized during an arrest but didn't search until they had exclusive control of it.These cases raise a pra
Can Police Search You After an Arrest? | U.S. v. Robinson & Gustafson v. Florida Ep. 16 (opens the original)
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Can police search you after a lawful arrest? And does it matter what you were arrested for?In this episode of Cuffs & Case Law, we continue our look at search incident to a lawful arrest with two Supreme Court cases decided on the same day in 1973: United States v. Robinson and Gustafson v. Florida.Both cases deal with something officers encounter all the time: a lawful custodial arrest followed by a search of the person's body. But the Supreme Court was asked to decide whether that search neede
Can Police Search Your House After Arresting You? Ep. 15 (opens the original)
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Police arrest someone inside their home. Can they search the entire house without a search warrant?That's the question at the heart of Chimel v. California, one of the Supreme Court's most important cases on search incident to arrest.In this episode of Cuffs & Case Law, we break down what happened when police arrested Ted Chimel at his home with an arrest warrant. Chimel specifically objected when officers said they were going to search the house. They searched anyway...going through the entire
Can Your Ex Let Police Search Your Home? Ep. 14 (opens the original)
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What if someone who used to live with you still has a key... tells police they can come inside... but they no longer actually have authority over the home?In this Nuts & Bolts edition of Cuffs & Case Law, we break down Illinois v. Rodriguez (1990), the Supreme Court case that created the doctrine of apparent authority. The Court held that a warrantless search may still be lawful when officers reasonably—but mistakenly—believe the person giving consent has the authority to do so.This case changed
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