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5: “If We Thought We Had Probable Cause Enough to Prove Beyond a Reasonable Doubt…”: Investigations, Part 4 - No One Knows What 'Probable Cause' Is
Manage episode 266074825 series 2732935
What is probable cause? According to the law, a 51% benchmark. According to some captains in police departments, it's somewhere between 70% and beyond a reasonable doubt. In this episode, we talk through investigations from the stand point of probable cause for an arrest, what that looks like, how a case can be presented to a county attorney's office, and the importance of police writing excellent reports. Spoiler alert: they rarely do.
31 episodes
Manage episode 266074825 series 2732935
What is probable cause? According to the law, a 51% benchmark. According to some captains in police departments, it's somewhere between 70% and beyond a reasonable doubt. In this episode, we talk through investigations from the stand point of probable cause for an arrest, what that looks like, how a case can be presented to a county attorney's office, and the importance of police writing excellent reports. Spoiler alert: they rarely do.
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