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    Email Rebuttal

 

Course: Introduction to Criminal Justice

 

Quiz 4 - Constitutional Law

 

Question #32: Hot pursuit is a high speed chase that allows a police officer to venture into an adjoining jurisdiction. 
 

Actual answer: FALSE   

 

My answer: TRUE

 

REBUTTAL:

 

It states in Merriam-Webster's Law Dictionary

Definition of Fresh Pursuit

1 : the immediate and continuous pursuit by police officers of a suspect who is fleeing to avoid arrest that under common law and some state codes gives the officers the right to cross jurisdictional lines in order to make an arrest

2 : See also hot pursuit

Definition of Hot Pursuit: the immediate and continuous pursuit by police officers of a fleeing suspect whose possible escape justifies the failure of the officers to obtain a warrant before making an entry, search, seizure, or arrest

Let's take a look at this.

A high speed chase is a felony. Section 346.04 (3) in the state statutes shows this. (Expander of Jurisdiction statute) Section 175.40(6) state statutes allows for a Wisconsin law enforcement officer to arrest or to provide aid or assistance anywhere in the state if the following criteria are me:

1. The officer is on duty and on official business.
2. The officer is taking an action that he/she would be authorized to take under the same circumstances in his/her jurisdiction.
3. The officer is acting to respond to any of the following: (a) an emergency situation that poses a significant threat to life or bodily harm; or )b) acts that the officer believes on reasonable grounds constitute a felony.
4. The law enforcement officer's supervisory agency must have adopted and implemented a written policy as to this issue.

Summary: It all adds up to the fact that it is true if an officer is in a high speed chase then the officer may enter into an adjoining jurisdiction.