Cj340 Branch Scenario Unit 1

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Branch Scenario Unit 1 Chanel LaManna CJ340 January 14, 2014 Professor Lance Oakland Branch Scenario Unit 1 I have already taken an oath as a police officer so I must always do the right thing and follow the law. As a police officer this is something I will always do honestly. My partner and I were working the night shift and pulled over a car that had now working taillights. I asked the male driver for his license and registration and insurance. I took this information back to my police vehicle, checked out all of his information for outstanding warrants and everything came back fine. Upon coming back to the male drivers car with his information m partner decides that he has a bad feeling about the guy and he wants to search the vehicle. Ultimately my partner orders the driver out of the car so he can search the vehicle, at this point I know the search s illegal because the driver did not give consent and there was nothing in my sight that gave probable cause. After my partners search he found a gun and then arrested the driver stating the gun was in “plain view”. Once at the station the gun was run through the computer and it was found that the gun was used in a murder. My partner wants to falsify his report so the charges will stick. The driver confesses when this information comes out and my partner charges him with murder. I try to convince my partner that none of this evidence and confession will be admissible in court because there was no probable cause at the time. There was no consent for the search, the gun wasn’t in plain view and we did not protect ourselves by reading the driver his Miranda rights before questioning him. After I laid it out for him my partner realizes that falsifying the documents will do more harm than good and that we must relay the night’s events to the supervisor. With harshness and reprimands we were both

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