Policy Text
901.151) IS AN INTANGIBLE CONCEPT AND
NUMBER: 3-09
CAN BE DEFINED ONLY AS LYING
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SUSPICION AND
EFFECTIVE: JANUARY 1, 2001
PROBABLE CAUSE.
REVISED: SEPTEMBER 11, 2008
IN ADDITION TO SITUATIONS WHERE
STANDARDS: 18.12
OFFICERS HAVE A “REASONABLE
SUSPICION” BASIS TO INITIATE A FIELD
(THE FOLLOWING ARE EXCERPTS FROM
INTERVIEW OR INVESTIGATIVE STOP,
“INVESTIGATIVE DETENTION” BY JOHN
SEVERAL OTHER SITUATIONS MAY EXIST
DENNIS MILLER, FBI LAW ENFORCEMENT
WHERE AN INTERVIEW SHOULD BE
BULLETIN, NOVEMBER, 1974, DECEMBER,
CONDUCTED AND DOCUMENTED. AMONGST
1974, JANUARY, 1975)
THESE ARE:
AN OFFICER MAY “STOP” A SUBJECT AND
SITUATIONS WHERE A TRESPASS
TEMPORARILY DETAIN THE SUBJECT FOR
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
THE PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATION AS
STATED IN TERRY VS. OHIO, AND, IF THE
DISTURBANCES OR DISPUTES
OFFICER HAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE
THAT THE SUBJECT IS ARMED, WITH A
SUSPICIOUS PERSON REPORTS
DANGEROUS WEAPON AND/OR THAT HIS
SAFETY IS IN DANGER, HE MAY FRISK THE
SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE REPORTS
PERSON FOR WEAPONS WHICH COULD BE
USED TO HARM HIM.
SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT REPORTS
AS THE OFFICER CONTEMPLATES
EMPLOYING HIS POWER TO STOP, HE ANY CONTACT WHERE THE SUBJECT
APPEARS TO POSSESS AN ONGOING
SHOULD RECALL THE UNDERLYING REASON
THREAT TO THE SAFETY OF THIS
THE COURTS AND LEGISLATURE ALLOW FOR
THIS DETERMINATION IS THAT THERE IS COMMUNITY.
SOME LEGITIMATE NEED TO TAKE
FINALLY, OFFICERS ARE REMINDED THAT
IMMEDIATE ACTION TO RESOLVE AN
THEY MAY APPROACH A PERSON FOR THE
AMBIGUOUS SITUATION. THERE MUST BE A
VALID REASON TO STOP THE PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN A VOLUNTARY
PERSON AT THE PARTICULAR PLACE AN AT CONVERSATION IN ANY SITUATION, NO
MATTER WHAT FACTS ARE KNOWN.
THE PARTICULAR TIME. IF NOT, A STOP
[CFA 18.12(A)]
SHOULD NOT BE MADE.
TO STOP A SUBJECT LAWFULLY FOR FIELD INTERVIEW REPORTS: A FIELD
WHATEVER REASON, THE OFFICER MUST INTERVIEW REPORT SHALL BE COMPLETED
IN ANY SITUATION WHERE THE PERSON
ACT REASONABLY WITHIN THE MEANING OF
THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, AND SINCE TO BEING INTERVIEWED MIGHT RETURN TO
STOP REASONABLY THE OFFICER MUST FLORIDA CITYAND AGAIN ACT IN A MANNER
HAVE REASONABLE SUSPICION, THE DEFINED ABOVE.
QUESTION TO RESOLVE THIS IS WHAT IS
THESE REPORTS SHOULD BE COMPLETED AS
REASONABLE SUSPICION. REASONABLE
SUSPICION (“...CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH THOROUGHLY AS POSSIBLE, AND
REASONABLY INDICATE THAT SUCH PERSON INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE
INTERVIEWEE SHOULD BE VERIFIED
HAS COMMITTED, IS COMMITTING, OR IS
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FLORIDA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
03-09
ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTIVE
WHENEVER POSSIBLE. A COPY IS
FORWARDED TO THE DETECTIVE BUREAU.
[CFA 18.12(B)]
IN THE EVENT THAT A COMPUTER
GENERATED REPORT CANNOT BE
GENERATED, THE OFFICER MAY UTILIZE A
HARD COPY REPORT. THE HARD COPY
REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO RECORDS,
AS WELL AS A COPY SENT TO THE
INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU IN THE SAME
MANNER AS A COMPUTER GENERATED
REPORT.
DISTRIBUTION OF FIELD INTERVIEW
REPORTS: THE FIELD INTERVIEW REPORT IS
GENERATED UNDER THE MOBILE DATA
REPORTING SYSTEM. THE REPORT IS
SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL BY THE SHIFT
SUPERVISOR, AND UPON APPROVAL
SUBMITTED TO THE RECORDS BUREAU. A
COPY IS ALSO SENT TO THE
INVESTIGATIONS BUREAU AS WELL.
AN ADDITIONAL NOTATION SHOULD BE
MADE IN THE CASE REPORT INDICATING
THAT A FIELD INTERVIEW CARD WAS
COMPLETED.
[CFA 18.12(C)]
INDEXING:
FIELD INTERVIEW CARD
REASONABLE SUSPICION
APPROVED:
DATE
CHIEF OF POLICE
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