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Probable Cause, Arrest, Search and Seizure
*This Training is Restricted to Law Enforcement Personnel Only.  This class is Tennessee
P.O.S.T. approved.

Until it becomes a problem called to the attention of the officer, a supervisor and/or the prosecutor, by
the public, a Judge or a lawsuit; the fact that a Law Enforcement Officer doesn’t really understand the
laws and guidelines governing arrest, search and seizure are often neglected as a true concern.  Since
topics like defensive tactics and shooting skills rank at the top of the average Law Enforcement Officer’s
list of preferred classes, and report writing and probable cause development rank near the bottom,
many officers fail to realize that their understanding is also important to their career development and
professional survival. 

Commonly due to the failure to make the topics both interesting and ‘applicable’ to on-scene
performance, the failure often comes from the lack of instruction-based scenarios based in performance
and liability concerns that are centered on real-life situations.  This training has been developed to make
the information provided both applicable to -and supportive of- on-scene knowledge and performance
regarding probable cause development for arrest, search and seizure for Law Enforcement Officers while
doing their job.


TOPICS INCLUDE:
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An examination of the requirements for the legal definitions of Probable Cause, Arrest, Search and
    Seizure, and a review and up-date on Supreme Court decisions and guidelines governing their
    application.
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An assessment of Probable Cause...what it is, and what it is not.
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An analysis of the Hierarchy of Proof and its application to on-scene and after-the-fact investigations.
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 Using readily available statute, code and guidelines to aid in writing a report to support testimony.
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A look at Federal and Tennessee State Court decisions that impact various aspects of arrest, search
    and seizure in vehicles, homes and on the street.

The instructor has been certified to instruct legal topics to certified Florida State Law Enforcement,
Corrections and Corrections-Probation personnel and has worked at - and instructed - legal topoics
at both the basic and advanced academy levels.  Having instructed legal topics to law enforcement
personnel for over two decades, his instruction and lecture on law and legal guidelines have been
employed to train and update line officers, investigators and supervisors from related disciplines on
a variety of legal topics ranging from liability to enforcement and investigative concerns.

Email DeMuroTraining@Blomand.net to register.  Pre-registration is required.

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