(b) Seizure - Taking possession of a person or some
item of evidence in conjunction with the investigation of
criminal activity.
(c) Inspection - Examination conducted as an
incident of command, the primary purpose of which is to
determine and to ensure the security, military fitness, good
order and discipline of the unit, organization, installation,
vessel, aircraft, or vehicle.
(d) Probable Cause - Reasonable belief that a crime
has been committed, is being committed, or will be committed,
and that certain persons, property, or evidence related to that
crime will be found in the place or on the persons to be
searched.
(2) Types of Searches
(a) Probable Cause Not Required Searches
1. Border Searches
2. Searches upon entry to or exit from United
States installations, aircraft, and vessels abroad.
3. Searches of Government Property (where no
reasonable expectation of privacy exists).
4. Consent Searches
5. Searches incident to a Lawful Stop
6. Searches incident to a Lawful Apprehension
7. Searches within jails, confinement
facilities, or similar facilities.
8. Emergency searches to save life or for
related purposes
9. Searches of open fields or woodlands
10. Other searches
(b) Probable Cause Required Searches
1. Command Authorization
2. Search Warrant
3. Exigent Circumstance Search
a. Insufficient Time
b. Lack of Communications
c. Search of Operable Vehicle
(3) Seizures. Probable cause to seize property or
evidence exists when there is a reasonable belief that the
property or evidence is an unlawful weapon, contraband, evidence
of a crime, or might be used to resist apprehension or to
escape.
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