Executing Search Warrants – RCTA
Length: 2 Days (16 Hours)
Designed For: This course is designed to prepare law enforcement investigators how to properly execute and write search warrants.
Prerequisites: None.
Description: Law enforcement has seen a dramatic shift in the public’s attitude towards law enforcement, as well as a shift in the attitude towards drugs in general. This course discusses the shift in society’s view of law enforcement and drugs in general, discusses the changes in some departments administrative view on search warrants and investigating drug cases, and the need to protect yourself and the citizens, while executing search warrants. Officers are taking an inherent risk to themselves each time they write and/or execute a search warrant. Officers should be aware and keep in mind the looming changes from the Police Reform Act, changes in legislation in regards to search warrants and the possible changes in qualified immunity. This course will instruct officers on the importance to write complete and successful search warrants. This course will examine contributing factors that has led to law enforcement injuries and deaths during the execution of search warrants.
Course Objectives:
Discuss the shift in society’s view of law enforcement and drugs in general
Discuss the changes in some departments administrative view on search warrants and investigating drug cases
The need to protect yourself and the citizens, while executing search warrants
Discuss contributing factors to law enforcement issues while executing search warrant to include but not limited to:
- Time of Search Warrant Execution
- Proper Documentation and completion of Search Warrants
- New Technology- Cameras Inside and Out
- Society’s view of officer involved shootings during the course of executing a search warrant- justifiable vs needed
- Alternatives to conducting dynamic entries on search warrants
- No knock search warrants
- Conducting surveillance prior to executing search warrants
- Utilization of blocking techniques by law enforcement
- Case officer’s responsibilities
- Supervisor’s responsibilities
- Extensive case study on search warrants that have resulted in officer involved shooting