Make a list of facts officers can take into account in building probable cause. What use can officers make of hearsay in building probable cause?
What will be an ideal response?
Police can use both direct information and/or hearsay in building probable cause.
Direct information is first hand information known to arresting officers by what they
see, hear, feel, taste, and smell. Some examples of direct information would be flight,
furtive movements by a suspect, hiding, attempts to destroy evidence, resisting
officers, giving evasive answers, giving contradictory explanations, fingerprints, hair
samples, blood samples, and DNA information.
Hearsay is information that officers get second hand from victims, witnesses, other
police officers and professional informants. To help in the probable cause
determination, this hearsay must be reliable. Officers can use hearsay in order to build
probable cause.
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