CC102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Racial Profiling, Excited Delirium, Arrest Warrant
Document Summary
Certain investigative techniques (electronic surveillance, jail informant, warrantless searches) Requirements: reason for arrest, right to counsel, right to remain silent. Arrest warrant: document that permits a police officer to arrest a specific person for a specific reason. Information: a written statement sworn by an informant alleging that a person has committed a specific criminal offence. Inform the suspect that they are being arrested. Give the reason for the arrest or show the warrant. To be informed of the reason (s. 10 of charter) To retain and instruct counsel and to be informed of this right without delay. To be informed of a toll-free number (24-hour service) for legal counsel if needed. Evidence obtained during illegal search may be excluded from trial if it would bring justice into disrepute: volition of the charter. Search warrant: document that permits the police to search a specific location and take items that might be evidence of a crime.
