This is an OSS Academy® Vehicle Searches online training course offered for Peace Officers, Jailers, and Telecommunicators.

It is 3:00 a.m., you are patrolling on the highway that runs through your district. You observe a moving vehicle that you suspect may have committed, is about to commit, or is committing a crime. What does the Constitution allow you to do in regard to legally stopping this vehicle? Under what conditions can you legally search the vehicle, its occupants, or its contents? If you are not sure of the answers to these questions, then this course is for you. This course is designed to help guide an officer through the difficult process of determining what the Fourth Amendment allows with regard to stopping and/or searching vehicles, occupants and containers. Officers are called upon everyday to make decisions about whether or not they can stop a particular vehicle, order the occupants out of the vehicle, or legally search the occupants and the vehicle. The purpose of this course is to assist officers in understanding the rulings of the Supreme Court that will help them make decisions that are consistent with the Fourth Amendment rulings when searching vehicles and occupants.

Please note, the entire course final exam(s), and course evaluation(s) must be completed in order to receive one (1) hour of course credit.

Note, this particular storefront listing is not  the TCOLE accredited course. To purchase the TCOLE accredited  Vehicle Searches course, click here.