Arrest, Search and Seizure: Law Enforcement Best Practices
Description
COURSE DESCRIPTION AND AGENDA (CLICK HERE)
Please be aware that this class is a 20-hour training. Therefore, the first two days of training will be 8am-5pm local time. The last day will be 8am-12pm local time.
This 20-Hour ARREST, SEARCH & SEIZIURE Training delivers practical, courtroom tested strategies for Fourth Amendment compliance, digital evidence searches, cell phone seizure law, traffic stop articulation, geofence and CSLI warrants, suppression hearing defense, and risk reduction under §1983.
You will not sit through theory. You will leave prepared to defend your decisions in court. In today’s policing environment, constitutional precision equals officer protection. Register now. Your cases depend on it.
Intended Audience:
• Patrol Officers
• Detectives
• Supervisors
This course aligns with:
• United States Constitutional standards
• Federal Supreme Court precedent
• National POST competency areas
• CALEA standards related to arrest, search, seizure, property control, digital evidence, and legal updates
Constitutional Foundation
• Fourth Amendment
• Fifth Amendment
• Sixth Amendment
• Fourteenth Amendment
Federal Minimum Standards
U.S. Supreme Court rulings set the floor.
States may impose stricter limits.
CALEA Alignment (General Categories)
• Use of Force Reporting & Review
• Search & Seizure Policy Requirements
• Property & Evidence Control
• Arrest Procedures
• Custodial Interrogation
• Digital Evidence Management
• Training & Legal Updates
POST Competency Areas (National Themes)
• Legal Updates
• Articulation
• Report Writing
• Courtroom Testimony
• Digital Evidence Awareness
• Ethical Conduct