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Legal

Course Requirements
Police Law Institute Attendance is required at all class sessions. The
student must participate in class and practical exercises,
successfully prepare search warrants, complete homework
CICP Accredited Course
assignments and successfully attain a required score on a
written examination. Students are required to have a copy
of the Arrest, Search and Investigation textbook (5th ed.,
Who Should Attend 2016), written by Robert Farb and published by the UNC
Investigators and law enforcement offi cers involved School of Government. Please bring a laptop to class.
with enforcement activities associated with search
warrants, warrantless searches, interviews, eyewitness Special Concerns
identifi cations and nontestimonial identifi cation orders and Readings and other assignments will need to be
who are subject to potential legal liability resulting from completed in the student’s evening hours.
those activities. NO STUDENT WILL BE ACCEPTED
FOR PARTIAL ENROLLMENT. Course Coordinators
J. Rick Brown
Course Goal Jarrett McGowan
To provide the skills necessary to conduct enforcement
activities associated with search warrants, warrantless Length of Course
searches, interviews, eyewitness identifi cations and Ten days (76 hours)
nontestimonial identifi cation orders and to avoid liability ENROLLMENT MAY
while conducting such activities. BE LIMITED
PER DEPARTMENT.
Course Objectives
The student will be able to:
➤ Draft a valid search warrant.
➤ Lawfully execute a search warrant.
➤ Lawfully conduct warrantless searches.
➤ Conduct interviews lawfully during an investigative
detention or arrest situation.
➤ Apply noncustodial interview procedures to obtain
lawful confessions.
➤ Conduct nontestimonial and eyewitness identifi cation
procedures in accordance with applicable law.
➤ Conduct a valid investigative stop and frisk and a
lawful arrest, using proper basis, parameters and use
of force.
➤ Determine whether non-lethal and deadly force may
lawfully be used in given fact situations.

Methodologies
This course utilizes discussion, video scenarios, practical
exercises, programmed texts, student readings and case
studies.

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