What is police jurisdiction? How has the historical development of police agencies impacted police jurisdiction? What judgments can you make about police jurisdictions and where they may be in the next 10-20 years? Explain.
What is probable cause? How does probable cause impact the actions of police? How well do police officers meet the criteria of probable cause before taking action with regard to a criminal activity?
Schmalleger (2015) discusses installing cameras in police cruisers.
Is this a good idea? What negative impacts might occur? How might it impact policing?
What other comments or concerns do you have about the segment in the book? What does this teach us?
According to Schmalleger (2015), Weeks v. U.S. (1914) "forms the basis of what is now called the exclusionary rule, which holds that evidence illegally seized by police cannot be used in a trial".
What is your opinion of the exclusionary rule? Is this rule a good or a bad thing? If it is good, can there be times when it can lead to a bad result? Do you think that this rule keeps police in check?