Question

True or False:

Under the plain view doctrine police must have prior justification for being present at the scene.

a. Why/why not?

With community policing there is an emphasis on crime analysis.

a. Why/why not?

Problem-Oriented-Policing provides smaller scale, tailored solutions to specific community issues.

a. Why/why not?

Under the hot pursuit exception, probable cause may be based upon hearsay.

a. Why/why not?

Answer 1

• TRUE. The plain view doctrine requires a justification why the police officer was present at the scene, without a reasonable justification the of police officer, the evidences obtained from scene will be nullified.
• TRUE. Crime analysis in community policing communicates the police information to the community,it provides the information and statistics of crime to the community and thus seeks better cooperation from the community in tackling the problem of crime in the community.Hence,crime analysis is emphazised in community policing.
• TRUE: The problem oriented policing targets and analyze a specific problems of a community systematically and search for it solutions, hence,they provide smaller scale,tailored solutions to specific community issues.
• True. Under The Hot Pursuit exception a police officer can search for evidence on the basis of a third person information or hearsay.