Walk It Through: The Name
A duty to identify on drivers and permit holders, a consent search's limits, and body camera footage.
Walking home late, a person is stopped by an officer who says the person matches a description and asks for a name.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One stop and one backpack. A driver's stop, the court's review of a denied request, and a recording that shows a death are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- ArrestComplete when the person submits to an officer who has indicated an intention to arrest, or when the officer takes the person into custody by physical force; the officer then says it is an arrest and why, unless the cause is evident.
- Law enforcement recordingA recording by a body worn camera, dashboard camera or other device during law enforcement duties, which is not a public record. A person whose image or voice is in it may ask in writing to view it.
- Consent searchA search without a warrant on consent, which is a statement to the officer, made voluntarily, giving permission to search.