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  • Search, Seizure, and Search Warrants

Search, Seizure, and Search Warrants

Sep 22 - 23, 2025 | Vacaville, CA | $425.00

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Overview

The student will develop an understanding of general search and seizure requirements as well as obtain the ability to author a sound search warrant. Because constitutional policing upholds people’s civil rights, emphasis is placed on police case law and general criminal investigations including vehicle searches, narcotics seizures and warrantless searches as well as authoring search warrants specific to body intrusions, digital devices (cell phones/computers/social media) and special circumstances. The course will allow patrol officers and investigators to write search warrants based upon scenarios and participate in practical exercises inclusive of all phases of the search warrant process.

Course Outline

Course Objective

The student will develop a better understanding of general search and seizure requirements as well as obtain the ability to author a sound search warrant by understanding each of the following topic areas.

Course Details

  • Course Overview
  • Instructor and student introductions
  • Legal requirements for a search
  • 4th Amendment to the United States Constitution
  • Warrantless Searches
  • Motor Vehicle Searches
  • Search and Seizure – Bodily Intrusion
  • California Penal Code 1546 (CalECPA)
  • Searches of digital devices
  • Search Warrant terminology
  • CA PC 1523-1529
  • Components of a Search Warrant A. Search Warrant
  • Search Warrant Returns
  • Locations and Items to be searched and legal descriptions
  • Items to be searched for – CAPC152
  • Appropriate Language to Request Items
  • Common Errors
  • Overbroad search warrants leading to it being invalid
  • Special Circumstances – Hobbs
  • General Seal orders
  • Special Masters
  • Anticipatory Search Warrants and Other Uses
  • Presenting a Search Warrant to a Judge
  • Physical “paper” search warrant
  • Electronically submitted search warrant
  • Telephonic search warrant
  • Service of a Search Warrant
  • Developing an operations plan
  • Warrants to be used through Patrol Investigations
  • Ramey Warrants
  • Steagald Warrants
  • Cellular Telephone Records
  • Active Geo/Locate Pings
  • Practical exercises
  • Students will be provided scenarios which they will complete a search warrant
  • Student search warrants will be discussed with class

Seminar Speakers

  • This training provided the useful tools necessary for assessing the veracity of a suspected child abuser, which goes a long way in helping to protect children.

    —Sunny Burgan, MSSW, LCSW, Social Work Supervisor, Santa Clara County DFCS

  • Instructional style is engaging and highly effective.

    —George Laing, Fire Prevention Captain, Investigator

  • This was, by far and away the best training I have received in 15 plus years of Law Enforcement. The instructors are experienced, engaging, articulate, and very entertaining. I will be recommending this training to multiple agencies.

    —Mark Paynter, Oregon DOC

  • This training by far has been the most informative and most effective I've attended. The instructors engaged the students in a manner that made me want to speak my opinion, ask questions, and participate.

    —Julio Ibarra, Merced County Sheriff’s Office

  • This was, by far, one of the most useful training classes I've attended since becoming an investigator.

    —Steven Aiello, Antioch Police Department

  • Effective teaching teams! The presentation of the material was consistently interesting, and intelligent without being too intellectualized.

    —Michele Keller, Deputy Probation Officer, County of Alameda

  • I highly recommend this training for any Probation staff who have the necessity to interview/interrogate individuals for investigation purposes.

    —R. Bret Fidler, Santa Clara County Probation Department

  • The information presented was highly relevant to my job and was presented in a manner that was organized and very easy to digest.

    —Michael McGarvey, California State Prison, San Quentin

  • Your training gave me the confidence and tools to interview the suspect for over 5 hours and to bring a closure to the case.

    —Daniel Phelan, San Jose Police Department

  • I will continue to use and pass on this information because I really believe in the instructors and their approach.

    —Kimberly Meyer, Washoe County Sheriff's Department

  • Incredible training with amazing real world instruction. I have been taking law enforcement classes for over 30 years and by far this is the best presented and most useful.

    —Det. Brian Dale, Portland Police Bureau

  • Your training has made the greatest and most direct impact on my assignment of any training class that I've taken.

    —Ken Gelskey, National City Police Department

  • It not often that you go to a training that you really, really want to pay attention to. Because of the high quality information and style of presentation, I knew that if I looked away I was going to miss out.

    —Quinten Graves, Oregon State Police

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