What is an arrest and how does it differ from an investigatory stop?
What will be an ideal response?
Good answers should define arrest and investigatory stops.The history of the arrest definition should be traced from the former definition of an arrest being simple restrictions on a person's movement to the current definition of something beyond brief investigatory detentions. ("The Court [in Terry v. Ohio] distinguished between arrests that "eventuate in a trip to the stationhouse and prosecution for crime" and lesser intrusions that can occur "whenever a police officer accosts an individual and restrains his freedom to walk away,"
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A. Organized mafias B. Illegal harvesting of organs C. Neither A or B are correct D. Both A and B are correct
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a. Car bomb b. Suicide bomb c. Remotely detonated truck bomb d. Bombs planted inside the embassies
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a. computer-aided dispatch b. mobile digital computer c. automatic vehicle location d. drones