Crime & Law Enforcement Issues & Death Penalty/Warants/Phone Tapping

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Expert: - 10/30/2007


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How does the signing of a search warrant works? Also, if the phone conservation is not what the investigator or whomever is listening for how long can they stay on the phone?

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claresa,
search warrants are good for 10 days.  some conversations can be taped and listened to later and if they are not usable they must be erased.  as far as how long can you listen, i have never been given a definitive time limit, unless the person is someone who i know is not involved or your attorney.

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Darrin Bell

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i am well versed on search and seizure, self-defense, domestic violence, 4th & 5th amendments, drugs, jails and conditions, tasers, raids.

Experience

i am currently the domestic violence coordinator for my department. i am a field training officer and i have been teaching self-defense, drugs, and search warrants and affidavits at the local academy for the past 10 years, and domestic violence for the past 3 years. i was the assitant to the federal monitor while our jail was under a consent decree, which we successfully came from under.

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graduated from the police academy in 1989. successfully passed a consent decree. worked undercover for 5 years, narcotics for 6. over 1200 hours of training in specialized areas. certified defensive tactics instructor, taser instructor, completed management and superivision modules, senior deputy modules.

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