Civil vs. Criminal Courts
Violations of statutory law
Crimes
Types of laws
Criminal and civil
Kind of law deals with public concepts of proper behavior and morality
Criminal law
Kind of law has strict rules of procedure that are used to evaluate evidence
Criminal law
Kind of law has the burden of proof of "beyond reasonable doubt"?
Criminal law
Kind of law involves the violation of statutory laws in which the state (the government) is the prosecutor
Criminal law
Prosecutor brings the charges and the defendant the one on trial
Criminal law
Some examples of this type of law are arson, rape, and armed robbery
Criminal law
The punishment monetary, time spent in jail or prison, probation, community service, or all of the above, plus a report of this on a defendants criminal record if found guilty
Criminal law
Type of law determination of guilt results in punishment
Criminal law
Officers expected to do during these calls
Document what occurred, maintain order, possibly make an arrest if any assualt occurs, make sure anything violent doesn't occur
What kind of civil law includes redress for harm done to another that is not criminal
Private law
Example of civil standby
Child custody drop off or pick up situations, landlord and tenant disputes
Kind of law that court remedy is relief form or compensation for the violation of legal rights
Civil Law
Officers might have to testify in
Civil and criminal cases
Kind of law concerns the private rights of individuals and organizations in which the government provides a public forum for the resolution of disputes
Civil law
Kind of law deals primarily with individual or property rights
Civil law
Kind of law has the burden of proof of "preponderance of the evidence"
Civil law
The plaintiff or petitioner the one bringing the case and the one defending the respondent
Civil law
Type of law is the punishment often times monetary which is paid to another person or institution
Civil law
When officers are called out to calls that they cannot enforce any laws on
Civil standbys
Type of law enforcement officers enforce the types of law discussed
Constables
Civil law regulates varied legal transactions between groups and individuals
Contract law
Reason peace officers need to know the difference between the laws
So they can know when they can legally act on something