​2024 NJ Arrest, Search & Seizure

​Registration OPEN!

In 2024, ESPOS Law Enforcement will again offer the 2-Day "Holtz" Arrest, Search and Seizure Class!  This class will include the most up-to-date version of the Arrest, Search and Seizure Manual that has been completely updated by Larry E. Holtz, Esq. and is only offered by ESPOS Law Enforcement.  The class will be instructed by Captain Edward Esposito and is based on the format as originally presented to thousands of law enforcement officers and supervisors by Larry E. Holtz.
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Arrest, Search & Seizure Class 1 - SOLD OUT!
March 26 & 27, 2024 (Tuesday and Wednesday) 
9am - 4pm
DoubleTree by Hilton
690 Route 46 East
Fairfield, NJ 07004
Classes held in Fairfield Ballroom




Arrest, Search & Seizure Class 2 - SOLD OUT!
April 10 & 11, 2024 (Wednesday and Thursday) 
9am - 4pm
Monmouth County Sheriff's Office
2500 Kozloski Road
Freehold, NJ 07728
Classes held in the S.O.C.




Arrest, Search & Seizure Class 3 
May 1 & 2, 2024 (Wednesday and Thursday) 
9am - 4pm
Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute
281 Campgaw Road
Mahwah, NJ 07430
Classes held in the Hall of Heroes



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Arrest, Search & Seizure Class 4
June 5 & 6, 2024 (Wednesday and Thursday) 
9am - 4pm
DoubleTree by Hilton
690 Route 46 East
Fairfield, NJ 07004
Classes held in Fairfield Ballroom



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Arrest, Search & Seizure Class 5 
June 10 & 11, 2024 (Monday and Tuesday) 
9am - 4pm
St. Elizabeth University
2 Convent Road
Convent Station, NJ 07960
Class Location
Updated 6/9/24 - ROOM CHANGED TO: Henderson Hall - Room 210
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REGISTER today to reserve your seat: Click here to register for the 2024 NJ Arrest, Search & Seizure 2-day class.


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Course Description
ESPOS Arrest, Search and Seizure class was created by Larry E. Holtz, Esq. and is presented by Captain Edward Esposito. This two-day, highly-acclaimed program will update law enforcement officials in the recent developments and changes in the laws of arrest, investigative detentions (including “stop & frisk” and motor vehicle stops), search warrants, and the exceptions to the written warrant requirement. The seminar will focus on the court decisions which have been recently handed down by the United States Supreme Court, the NJ Supreme Court, and the various panels of the Appellate Division.

New Jersey officials have previously voted this class, "the most important course of the year."  In addition to providing a comprehensive update of new material, the seminar will simultaneously serve as a comprehensive refresher for those persons who have not had an opportunity to attend an arrest, search and seizure review and update for a number of years. All attendees will receive a comprehensive written manual, which is only available through ESPOS Law Enforcement, and contains an analysis of the cases, rules and procedures presented during the class. 

REGISTER today to reserve your seat: Click here to register for the NJ Arrest, Search & Seizure 2-day class.

Class Highlights

ARREST
  • Physical requirements
    • The “de facto” arrest
  • The “objective“ standard
  • Probable cause requirement
    • Arrest purposes to be served
    • Suspicious “street transactions”
    • No Loitering vs. No Trespassing
    • Citizen informants
  • Arrest with warrant
    • Satisfied / recalled warrants
    • A dispatcher’s mistake
  • Warrantless arrests
    • The “in presence” requirement
  • Entering dwellings
    • To arrest
    • To conduct an investigative stop
    • To stop a fight
    • Homes of third parties
    • “Buy bust” drug operations
    • Fresh / hot pursuit
    • In-home arrest procedures
    • Protective sweeps
  • Procedures following arrest
    • DNA cheek swabs
  • Summons vs. warrant procedures


EXCEPTIONS TO THE WRITTEN WARRANT REQUIREMENT
  • Preliminary issues
  • Search incident to a lawful arrest
    • Non-motor vehicle settings
    • BAC and Birchfield Issues
    • Motor vehicle settings
    • Federal vs. NJ procedures
  • Impounded vehicles & inventories
  • Inventory of personal effects
  • Exigent circumstances
    • Crime Scenes / Emergency aid
    • Community Caretaking
    • Easily lost/destroyed evidence
    • Police-created exigencies
    • Odor of burnt marijuana
    • Answering the door smoking a joint
    • Entry of home pending warrant
    • DWI blood warrants (McNeely)
  • Automobile exception
    • New Jersey rule – State v. Alston
    • State v. Witt – Return to Basics
    • Auto searches / armed robbery
    • Evidence of ownership search
  • Consent searches
    • Motor vehicle context
    • Scope of the consent
    • Common & apparent authority
    • A co-occupant objects
    • Adult household members
  • Privacy expectations and areas not constitutionally protected
    • Privacy expectations
      • Media ride-alongs
      • Toll Billing, Bank Records
      • Thermal imaging
      • ISP account information
      • GPS device attached to vehicle
      • Cell phone site information
      • Apartment common areas/halls
    • Open fields
      • Curtilage and the “knock & talk”
      • Drug sniffing dog at doorstep
    • Plain view
    • Plain touch
    • Abandonment
    • Private / Non-governmental searches
      • Searches by landlord
  • Courthouses/Jails & Related Searches
OTHER POLICE-CITIZEN ENCOUNTERS
  • The Mere Inquiry
    • Requesting/compelling identification
  • Investigative Pursuits
    • Foot pursuits—New Jersey Rule
    • High crime areas
    • Flight from police & “Obstructing”
    • The Attenuation Doctrine
    • Mere Inquiry vs. Terry Stop
  • Investigative Detentions: Persons
    • The Terry stop
    • Profiles
    • “BOLO” vs. Profile
    • Transporting suspects & ID Process
    • Investigative Detention Orders
    • The Terry frisk
    • “Man with gun” calls
    • Stop and “Frisk” vs. Stop and “Strip”
    • Handcuffing during Terry stop
  • Investigative Detentions: Vehicles
    • Roadblocks
    • Kirk Guidelines
    • 9-1-1 Tips of dangerous driving
    • Tips for Traffic Stops
    • M.V. stops, observed violations
    • Community Caretaking Function
    • Registration checks: MDTs
    • Permissible questions during stop
    • Asking driver/passenger out
    • Door openings
    • “Seizure” of the passenger
    • Traffic stops and frisks
    • Traffic stops and use of K-9
  • Investigative Detentions: Property


SEARCH WARRANTS
  • Preliminary issues
  • Preference for written warrant
  • Possible Areas of Attack by the Defense
    • Absence of a search warrant
      • Cell Phones
    • The judicial requirements
      • Acting Municipal Court Judges
      • A Neutral & Detached Judge
    • The probable cause requirement
      • Protecting informant’s identity
      • Surveillance locations
      • GPS Tracking Devices
      • Controlled buys
      • Staleness
      • Affidavit integrity/truthfulness
    • The particularity requirement
      • Places/persons to be searched
      • Things to be seized
    • Search warrant execution
      • Time
      • Secrecy
      • “Knock & Announce”
      • “No knock” warrants
      • Waiting a reasonable time
      • “Flash bang” devices
      • Knock & announce violations
      • Scope of the search
      • Detaining occupants
      • A “reasonable continuation”
    • Search Warrant Return/Inventory
    • Anticipatory Search Warrants
  • Telephonic Search Warrants