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| police canine operations (names) |
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| Inspector Doug Neibauer and K9 Sam |
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WWI - resupplying soldiers, track enemy soliders
WWII -> Today: sentry (bike work), protection, detection, rescue
1899 - 1st time in police work (Belgium) |
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Detection -> a) explosives b) narcotics
Tracking -> humans
*dogs trained in specific field |
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Doctor that kept DEA agent Enrique Camarena alive
- US contracted for him to be kidnaped (extrodinary rendition)
- officials on either side of border pulled him, US got him
- Mexico wanted report from US |
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| DA and Extrodinary Rendition |
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| DA cannot tell someone explicitily to extrodite someone, but can indirectly say it |
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| If we do not have an extradition treaty w/ country, then we can kidnap a person from that country |
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- 30000 drug homocides since 2007
- $40 billion/year industry
- failed state accusation (corruption)
- 90% cocaine travels through mexico
- 100% foreign meth comes from Mexico
- 7 major cartels (Sineloa, Tiujana, Gulf, Los Zetas, Beltran Legura, La Famila Michonacana, Juarez) |
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Carlos Slim Hule - Richest (60 billion)
48% in poverty |
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45-60% of world's drugs
#1 cocaine consumer |
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Sineloa Cartel leader.
Most wanted man in Mexico
Escaped out of maximum security prison |
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| used to protect farmers in Columbia from drug lords and small gangs (after Medein cartel broke up) eventually became their own narco-terrorist unit |
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| Mexico State Institutions |
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9% GDP in tax (very low)
Rich don't pay taxes
40% of all gov't revenue comes from PEMEX (state oil company)
Poor public education system |
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glorified in movies/propaganda
cartels worry about public image (want to be seen as heros)
better to live a glorious 6 years than a poor 60 years |
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Increase Transparency
Improve Education
Rich pay taxes |
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Count number of drug related murders (people don't trust Government numbers)
Zeta's magazine, Newspapers: Excelsior, Milenio, etc. |
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| California v. Ciraolo (1986) |
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Facts: Marijuana growing in backyard protected by fence. Ariel Survailence from 1000 ft w/ naked eye
Holding: 4th Amendment was not violated by naked eye ariel observation of respondent's background |
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Facts: DEA agents put tracking devices on car when car was parked in driveway and when it was parked in public spaces.
Holding: Driveway is not part of curtilage of home cause it is not private, neither is public parking spot |
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| requires that money put for bail must be proved to not come from criminal sources like drugs or robbery |
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| California v. Greenwood (1988) |
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Facts: Police searched trash and got warrant after discovering drugs.
Holding: 4th amendment does not prohibit warrentless search of trash because it is placed outside of home |
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Facts: 2 men searched after an officer saw them walk by store multiple times.
Holding: Search of person w/o warrant allowed if there is resonable belief that a crime is/would be committed |
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"open fields doctrine"
Fact: Defendent grew marijuana on field (his own field) one mile from home, police found it and arrested him
Holding: He appealed on the basis of privacy in the 4th amendment, but Supreme Court upheld ruling stating that a field did not constitute protection under 4th amendment |
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Facts: Federal Agents wiretapped an informant and told him to go to defendant and make him incriminate himself
Holding: Court ruled that there was no violation of 4th amendment b/c he voluntarily let informant in and told him information willingly |
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Facts: Royer approached by 2 undercover cops cause he fit drug carrier profile. Told him to go to room where they searched him.
Holding: you can approach someone based on behavior, but you cannot search an individual w/o warrant |
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Facts: Thermal Imaging used, lots of heat emitted so they got a warrant
Holding: Thermal imaging constitutes 4th amendment search but ONLY with warrant (unconstitutional w/o warrant) |
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"automobile exception"
Holding: Gave police ability to search a car w/o warrant if there was thought to be illegal substances in the car.
Exception because car could be moved by the time a warrant was issued |
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Facts: police did ariel survalience at 1600 ft and found marijuana
Ruling: 1600ft is not cool, but since it was because of a tip the case upheld |
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| taking out $ in small increments to be less conspicuious than one large sum |
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| Moving "dirty" money from drug sales into "fronts" like businesses or property so the money becomes clean |
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| Criminal used as informant to rat out someone higher in hopes of getting a lesser sentence |
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| when law enforcement sells dope to the cartel to tap into their money supply |
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| ex. Cop needs some suspicion before he/she can pull you over |
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police make fake store and people come in to buy precursors to meth.
Advertisments for stores are written in code so that only traffickers or police know |
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| massive bust operation that aims to capture ALL dealers/criminals in an area so they cannot be replaced, and then seed the area with social workers to help things out |
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| dealers supply dope from colombia in response to the demand in LA |
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| assests recieved from drug dealing are taken away |
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lady stopped cause she looked suspcious.
she goes with DEA agents and then agrees to be searched (making it okay w/o warrant) |
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person looked back at other person, when police stopped him he tossed bag and ran.
holding: looking back at someone is not enough for articuble suspicion |
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Radio transmission for marijuana transport.
Holding: radio transmissions are not private, anyone can listen. Case upheld |
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ariel survailence from unknown height to seize crops.
crops were outside his habitation, he did not know he was prone to survailence |
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3 men stopped at Miami airport. Conflicting answers. Cop asks to search, one person agrees.
Holding: forcibly agreed to search, violation of 4th |
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