LSTD400

Your initial substantive response should be at least 250 words. You are required to respond to two of your classmates' postings. These responses must be at least 150 words each. All citations must be in APA or Blue book format.

The Fourth Amendment sets limitations to stop and frisk and arrests. It also affords individuals to be protected against unreasonable searches and seizures. 

This forum asks you to examine probable cause and illegal searches and seizures. 

Please thoroughly discuss each of the following:

1. A police officer must have probable cause to arrest an individual. What is probable cause? How much probable cause is needed to secure an arrest or search warrant? 
2. What is the exclusionary rule? Discuss the exceptions to the exclusionary rule. 
3. Discuss the difference in a stop and frisk and an arrest. What are the requirements for an officer to conduct a “stop and frisk”?