Questions tagged [undercover]
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Are plain clothes police officers allowed to use force to make an arrest?
Disclaimer: I'm not related to this case in any way shape or form, I'm just a citizen trying to look at this without bias.
Recently there was an issue in Massachusettes where a group of skaters were asked to leave the premises, a police officer…
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Can a police officer make an arrest while working undercover?
I am a playwright working on a new play related to Ag-Gag laws. My plot involves a woman who is trespassing with another animal rights activist to film animal cruelty at a CAFO. Unbeknownst to her, the "activist" is actually an undercover policeman…
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US laws: shooting an undercover cop
So this is in the interest of storytelling and writing.
So we have cop A who is undercover and acting as mobster B's right hand man.
Then we have bar owner C who closed down the bar, and is alone in it doing inventory 2 hours after closing, all…
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Is it legal for undercover cops to pose as your friends?
I recently saw a video on YouTube about a kid who was arrested after "selling" weed to an undercover cop who was pretending to be his friend at school, what I found even worse was that the kid had autism and the cop had manipulated the student into…
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When is it OK for law enforcement/intelligence-gathering agents to go undercover as journalists?
Previously, I had thought there might have been prohibitions against spies and law enforcement officers from going undercover as journalists, e.g. because this puts real journalists in greater danger of being prosecuted/dealt with as spies and…
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What would be considered entrapment by UC?
When it comes to undercover operations and undercover cops (UC), what is considered entrapment and how “far” are UC allowed to go?
Scenario 1: UC approaches a suspected dealer and asks to buy drugs. Dealer says he doesn’t sell. UC offers 2x the rate…
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Can the police video-record sexual acts of underage children during an investigation?
I have read today that "New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution in human trafficking probe". In the article itself, they state the that:
"Robert Kraft, is being criminally charged with soliciting
prostitution…
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Is the police obligated to immediately arrest anybody whilst undercover?
Say a police officer is undercover (we'll stick to America). They are trying to find evidence of someone committing a crime? However, the person unknowingly admits to the officer that they plan to commit a less serious crime, (for example the police…
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When is it legal to infiltrate the existence of a person or group with undercover officers?
Clearly it is legal sometimes: today in the news was the trial of Darren Osment, in the past few decades there was a big deal about an officer that sired a son with an eco activist under a pseudonym before abandoning her to raise him herself.
What…
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