| A | B |
|---|
| Operations | police unit that patrols the streets and investigates crimes |
| Services | police unit that supports the operations unit by training police and keeping records |
| administration | police unit that does payroll personnel and finances |
| Internal affairs | police unit that investigates wrongdoing by other police units |
| Community outreach | police unit that works to improve the relationship between the police and the community |
| Maintenance | job of police that includes monitoring parades and sporting events and directing traffic at an accident scene |
| Detective | police officer in charge of investigations |
| Ballistics | dealing with firearms and bullets |
| Latent print unit | studies fingerprints from crime scenes |
| Broken window theory | idea that cleaning up a community and having citizens show they care will chase criminals away |
| Thin blue line | the police the line between the public and the criminals |
| Exclusionary rule | states no illegally obtained evidence can be presented in court to convict a defendant whose constitutional rights have been violated |
| Probable cause | there is enough evidence to show that a crime has likely been committed |
| 4th amendment | protects citizens against violations of illegal searches and seizures |
| 5th amendment | protects citizens from having to incriminate themselves in crimes |
| Reasonable suspicion | what school administrators need to search students in school |
| In plain view | if an officer can see something that is illegal then they do not need a search warrant |
| Racial profiling | inappropriate use of race as a factor in identifying people who may have broken the law |
| Trace evidence | fibers hairs or other small items found at the crime scene that may help police find a criminal |
| NJ v TLO | case in which the Supreme Court ruled searches of students by school administrators is legal without a search warrant |
| Miranda v Arizona | case in which the US Supreme Court ruled that police must inform suspects of their right to remain silent and their right to a lawyer before they are interrogated |
| crime lab | it is used to examine evidence from multiple sources to solve crimes. |
| forensic pathology | using the medical diagnosis of disease to help police and the courts to solve crimes |
| toxicologist | person who determines if drugs or poison were present or involved in a crime |
| probable cause | there is enough evidence to show that a crime has likely been committed |
| line up | tool used by the police to identify suspects in which they show a victim a group of 5 or 6 people on a stage for the victim to chose from |
| chain of custody | chronological documentation or "paper trail" showing the seizure custody control transfer and analysis of evidence |
| search warrant | Legal permission from a judge for police to search and seize people or evidence |
| due process of law | following proper procedures in a criminal investigation |
| Forensics | using science to help solve crimes |
| autopsy | dissection and examination of human bodies to determine how the person died |
| show up | tool used by the police to identify suspects in which the witness is shown a single suspect |
| throw down | tool used by the police to identify suspects in which detectives show informant |
