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1905 mugshot of communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky Mugshot of American gangster Al Capone. A mug shot or mugshot (an informal term for police photograph or booking photograph) is a photographic portrait of a person from the shoulders up, typically taken after a person is placed under arrest.
Actor Russell Crowe perp-walking before media on the way to his arraignment in New York City on an assault charge in 2005. A perp walk, walking the perp, [note 1] or frog march (Washington, D.C. English) [1] is a practice in law enforcement of taking an arrested suspect, usually right after arrest, out in public, usually from the police station to the vehicle to the courthouse and then after ...
The power of arrest is a mandate given by a central authority that allows an individual to remove a criminal's (or suspected criminal's) liberty. The power of arrest can also be used to protect a person, or persons from harm or to protect damage to property.
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In the United States, a law enforcement officer may briefly detain a person upon reasonable suspicion of involvement in a crime but short of probable cause to arrest; such a detention is known as a Terry stop. [1] When a search for weapons is also authorized, the procedure is known as a stop and frisk. To justify the stop, a law enforcement ...
Article 14.01 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure states that a peace officer “or other person” can make an arrest without a warrant when an offense is committed in their presence or ...
A Utah man with his face painted like the Joker allegedly broke into another man’s house and threatened to kill him “because he called me names.”
Police conduct rising to the level of entrapment is broadly discouraged and thus, in many jurisdictions, is available as a defense against criminal liability. Sting operations , through which police officers or agents engage in deception to try to catch persons who are committing crimes, raise concerns about possible entrapment.