Missouri 2019-2020 Lesson Summaries
2019 Lesson 3: Legal Update
Legal
Release Date:
2/1/2019
This is an online, Missouri-specific legal studies course. The lesson addresses recent court decisions providing guidance to law enforcement officers regarding:
Whether a person can burglarize a residence in which he/she has a property interest;
What evidence is required to prove a person burglarized a residence in which he/she has a property interest;
When will law enforcement officials be denied qualified immunity for neglecting an arrestee’s serious medical needs;
What conduct by law enforcement officers constitutes “deliberate indifference” to a detainee’s serious medical needs;
What conduct by police will constitute a “custodial interrogation” requiring Miranda warnings;
Whether questioning or conduct by non-law enforcement officers constitutes a “custodial interrogation”;
When will evidence obtained pursuant to a search warrant be suppressed;
Whether a person’s “contact” with a suspected drug trafficker will generally give police probable cause to search the person’s residence; and
When may officers search a vehicle for a missing person under the community caretaking exception to the warrant requirement.