Legal Issues In Policing
Legal Issues in Policing (LIIP) is the podcast blending the demands of the book with the rulings from the bench through the lens of the badge. Police Officers with a solid understanding of the law and their legal powers are more confident, competent and effective. Each episode will examine a legal issue in policing by reviewing current Canadian criminal case law from coast to coast to coast.
Legal Issues In Policing
E70| Taking stock of an inventory search.
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Season 3
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In this episode, Mike discusses the BC Court of Appeal decision R. v. Donovan, 2024 BCCA 213, where an officer claimed a search — resulting in the discovery of GHB and methamphetamine — was to inventory an impounded vehicle’s contents. Defence argued the evidence found during the inventory — a search related to concerns extraneous to the criminal law — should not be admissible in a criminal trial. Was the accused right? Or could the evidence discovered during the inventory search be used in a criminal prosecution?
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