Prerequisite: None

Exam Type: One-Day Take-Home

This course examines the relationship between the people and the police, primarily by examining Fourth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, and due process restraints on the activities of law enforcement officers during the investigatory stage of the criminal process. Topics will include: the warrants requirement and its exceptions, searches and seizures, electronic surveillance, stop and frisk, arrest, excessive force, police interrogation, and eyewitness identification.