Overview

The fourth edition of this essential text continues to take an accessible, problem-solving approach to teaching students how to apply the statutes and case law from which basic police powers are created. Basic Police Powers: Arrest and Search Procedures is a core text for both Police Powers 1 and 2 courses in Police Foundations programs.

Gino Arcaro coordinates the Police Foundations and Law and Security Administration programs at Niagara College. He is also the author of Criminal Investigation: Forming Reasonable Grounds, 5th Edition; Principles of Law Enforcement Report Writing, 3rd Edition; Impaired Driving Investigations, 4th Edition; and Highway Traffic Act Investigations — all available from Emond Montgomery Publications.

Top ∧Features

• Includes step-by-step explanations of relevant legal procedures
• Formulas for completing common tasks
• End-of-chapter summaries that detail the learning outcomes of the current chapter and the progression into the following chapter
• Student-friendly definitions of legal concepts

Top ∧New to the Fourth Edition

• Easy to understand, reality-based decision-making models guide students through the basic police powers (arrest, search and seizure, and release) used by front-line officers
• More landmark, current case law decisions affecting front-line police procedures are outlined and explained
• Chapters have been reorganized and restructured to better suit course structure
• A new chapter on Feeney warrants
• Two new application chapters provide full-length tests on powers of arrest and release
• Problem-Solving Case Study scenarios and Test Yourself questions have been revised and expanded
• A comprehensive glossary emphasizes key terms
• Includes exclusive online content for students, regularly updated by the author
• Instructor's Resources
  • Includes an instructor’s guide, a test bank, and PowerPoint presentations

Top ∧Content Summary

Preface
About the Author

• Chapter  1:  Powers of Custody: The Rapid Decision-Making Model
• Chapter  2:  Classification of Offences
• Chapter  3:  Classification of Belief
• Chapter  4:  Powers of Arrest
• Chapter  5:  Search
• Chapter  6:  Applying Powers of Arrest
• Chapter  7:  Arrest with Warrant
• Chapter  8:  Location of Arrest: Feeney Warrants
• Chapter  9:  Making the Arrest: Use of Force and Preventing Charter Violations
• Chapter 10:  Use of Force: Ss. 25–43 Criminal Code
• Chapter 11:  Release Provisions: Post-Custody Detention
• Chapter 12:  Applying Release Provisions
• Chapter 13:  Charging an Offender and Use of Discretion
  
• Chapter 14:  Search and Seizure, Part 1: The Decision-Making Model
• Chapter 15:  Search and Seizure, Part 2: Consent
• Chapter 16:  Search and Seizure, Part 3: Search Warrants
• Chapter 17:  Search and Seizure, Part 4: Warrantless Search

Appendix A: Solve It!
Appendix B: Problem-Solving Case Studies Solutions References
Glossary
Index