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Searches and Seizures

May 2, 2022 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

  • Instructor: J. P. Nixon                          REGISTER HERE
  • Date: May 2-3, 2022
  • Location: Rowan-Cabarrus Community College – North, Bldg N110, Room 133
  • Time: 8 am – 5 pm daily
  • Hrs: 16

Course Description:

This class is a combined multi-media presentation and interactive workshop involving the use of real-life case studies, film, and television as examples to aid in the understanding of how to apply the Fourth Amendment to both basic and highly complex fact patterns. Designed to serve as a thorough tutorial for all law enforcement personnel, students will learn the legal standards and practical considerations associated with dozens of forms of searches. Additionally, students will learn how to more effectively write a search warrant from the ground-up, including how to draft their biography in a persuasive fashion, proper descriptions of the premises to be searched, and expansive framing of the property to be seized. Perhaps most importantly, the class explores how to manufacture probable cause in difficult cases where at first glance there does not appear to be enough evidence to justify the issuance of a warrant.

 Course Outline:

  • Cars and other Conveyances
  • Searching People
  • Homes
  • Hotel & Motel Rooms
  • Trash
  • Businesses
  • Damaging Property and Use of Force
  • Plain View
  • Open Fields
  • Search Incident to Arrest
  • Inventory Searches
  • Abandoned Property
  • Consent Searches
  • Exigent Searches – Hot Pursuit, Destruction of Evidence, Evanescent Evidence, Threats to Life and Property, Overdose Investigations, and Suicide Attempts

Who Should Attend:

This class is designed for state, local, and federal law enforcement officers of all rank and grade interested in mastering the legal issues and tactical considerations surrounding searches and seizures.

About the Instructor:

Mr. Nixon is the former Director of a joint State/Federal task force, based out of Miami, Florida, that conducted complex international money laundering investigations, focused on the activities of Colombian and Mexican drug cartels. With an expertise in electronic surveillance, Mr. Nixon supervised more than two dozen wiretaps and his work resulted in the arrest and extradition of many prominent traffickers and launderers.  Notably, during his time as a task force commander, Mr. Nixon oversaw a search and seizure operation that resulted in the largest cash seizure in South Florida’s history, totaling approximately 25 million dollars hidden in a private residence in suburban Miami-Dade County.  In addition to his work as a task-force leader, as a former prosecutor, he has extensive litigation experience, trying approximately 100 cases to verdict including homicides, narcotics and firearms offenses, and myriad financial crimes.  Mr. Nixon holds degrees from the University of California at Berkeley (BA), Quinnipiac University (JD), and the University of Pennsylvania (MPA).

Details

Date:
May 2, 2022
Time:
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Venue

North Campus
1333 Jake Alexander Blvd S
Salisbury, NC 28144 United States
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