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