Which of the Following Is True About Police Inventory of a Vehicle

question 45

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about police inventory of a vehicle?

• A) Police are not permitted to search for evidence of crime.
• B) Police may not seize contraband or other items that they observe open to view.
• C) Police need probable cause to inventory a vehicle.
• D) Inventories are governed by principles that relate to search procedures permitted by the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Definitions:

Estimated σ

Approximation of the standard deviation (σ), a measure of the dispersion or variation of a distribution.

Normal Probability Distribution

A bell-shaped probability distribution, also known as Gaussian distribution, that is fully defined by its mean and standard deviation.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, used to make inferences about the population.

Np

A term related to statistics, often referring to the expected number of successes in a Binomial distribution.