Seminar Updates Officials on NJ Arrest, Search, and Seizure Laws

New Jersey-based Holtz Learning Centers provides continuing education for people working in criminal justice and other public safety fields. Holtz Learning Centers offers courses in New Jersey laws pertaining to arrests, searches, and seizures.

During the two-day class, attendants are provided with a manual of state case laws and procedures. The following are some of the seminar’s features:

-Constitutional practice: The state’s emphasis has shifted to following principles of New Federalism, and patrol police are updated on the mandatory requirement for note taking.

-Motor vehicle stops: Attendees are refreshed on the questions that are allowed when using a K-9 unit, the procedure of asking a car’s passenger to exit the vehicle, and dealing with infractions like failing to use a turn signal.

-Several situations regarding a person’s right to privacy are analyzed, including opening a door to an officer while smoking marijuana, home entry issues, responses to noise complaints, consent searches, utilizing drug dogs on a person’s front porch, and blood testing after a drunk-driving suspicion.

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