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What is a drug courier profile?
Drug-courier profiling is an investigative tool used by law enforcement to help identify suspects involved in drug trafficking. It involves police recognition of a specific set of characteristics or behaviors that are typically associated with those that engage in illegal drug sales, distribution, or transportation.
What does objective reasonableness mean?
In order for an officer’s use of force to be deemed “objectively reasonable,” his/her force response (“what” and “how”) must be reasonably balanced with the governmental interests at stake (“why”).
How do you determine if a crime has been committed?
Crime detection falls into three distinguishable phases: the discovery that a crime has been committed, the identification of a suspect, and the collection of sufficient evidence to indict the suspect before a court. Many crimes are discovered and reported by persons other than the police (e.g., victims or witnesses).
Should we arrest people before they commit a crime?
Simply arresting people before they commit the crime is a lazy solution. A more realistic approach would involve the higher powers (governments, religious leaders, etc.) using these technologies to try to identify the best way to further humanities goals (or, in the worst case, further their goals).
What happens if you are not convicted of a crime?
Anytime you are involved in what is suspected to be a criminal act, from the moment charges are filed to the final resolution of the case; there is a record kept. Even if you are not convicted of a criminal charge, the record of the charge and the ultimate result is still documented.
Do I need to worry about my criminal record?
Most people think that they only have to worry about a problem with their record if they are charged, tried and convicted of a criminal act. It’s true that for anyone with an actual criminal conviction, this does mean that there is a file created in the Canadian Police Information Centre database.
Does a record have to be criminal to go to jail?
A Record Doesn’t Have To Be Criminal. Anytime you are involved in what is suspected to be a criminal act, from the moment charges are filed to the final resolution of the case; there is a record kept. Even if you are not convicted of a criminal charge, the record of the charge and the ultimate result is still documented.