Probable Cause Essay

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Probable cause is a reasonable ground to believe the existence of facts warranting certain actions. Meaning, no officer can't make an arrest inside someone’s home unless they have a warrant. Officers can't establish probable cause by saying “I just had a hunch that the defendant was a burglar” or something like that. Probable cause has to come from specific facts, details and circumstances, rather than “suspicious”. The judge will not count and will dismissed the case for not having a probable cause. The officer can't conduct searches and seizures without a warrant from a judge under certain circumstances, unless the person gives their consent. To obtain a warrant, an officer needs to describe the event, place to be searched and sign as to …show more content…

Why? 4th amendment protects people's rights to be secure in their own home, personal belongings, papers and effect. Sometimes it also depends on the circumstances weather or not there is a probable cause. Arrest for felonies witnessed in public by an officer is one of the many example where warrants are not required to arrest or search, is a little bit confusing but all of this requires good skills and training.
Law enforcement officers have the power to conduct investigations, make an arrests, and perform searches and seizures of persons and their belongings. When police officers exceed this boundaries of the law, they jeopardize the evidence collected for prosecution.
When I was ten or eleven years old my parents and I went to a birthday party. My dad drank couple of beers that night and decided to drive. In less than an hour we were stopped by an officer. The officer came to the window and ask for license and registration, the usual. The officer noticed that my dad wasn’t maintaining the car on the lane. I now understand that was one probable cause to stop us. The officer went back to his car and was checking my dad’s information. The officer came back and said something like “do you know you owe two speed tickets? And you missed the date of your court.” my dad replied “yes sir, I am aware of that” and the officer say “are you also aware that you are going to jail?” The two speeding tickets and not attending to his date

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