Searches & Seizures - August 12, 2025 (Savage, MN)

Searches & Seizures - August 12, 2025 (Savage, MN)

For law enforcement personnel only.

By J.P. Nixon

Location

Savage Police Department

6000 McColl Drive Savage, MN 55378

Refund Policy

No refunds

About this event

Course Description:

Instead of the standard lecture on what you cannot do when acting under the color of law, this class zeros directly in on ways of fulfilling law enforcement objectives in the face of the law's constrants. Consisting of an interactive multi-media presentation designed to engage the students in thought and discussion with the instructor and each other while learning how to apply the Fourth Amendemnt to both basic and highly complex fact patterns. An absolutely essential class for personnel at all levels, thought in a uniquly daynamic way.

Topics Include:

  • Consensual Encounters, Investigative Detentions & Custodial Arrests
  • Vehicle Stops - Drivers & Passengers
  • Managing Detainees, Prolonged Detentions & Uncooperative Subjects
  • Weapons Searches vs. Contraband Searches
  • Scope & Manner of Search
  • Knock & Talks and Searches on Private Property
  • How to Articulate Reasonable Suspicion & Probable Cause
  • On-Scene & Roadside Questioning



PLEASE NOTE: Due to taxes & outside fees associated with the sale of this ticket, the fee must be paid even if the student fails to attend.

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Organized by

J.P. Nixon

Mr. Nixon is the former Director of a joint State/Federal task force, based out of Miami, Florida, that conducted complex international money laundering investigations, focused on the activities of Colombian and Mexican drug cartels. With an expertise in electronic surveillance, Mr. Nixon supervised more than two dozen wiretaps and his work resulted in the arrest and extradition of many prominent traffickers and launderers. Notably, during his time as a task force commander, Mr. Nixon oversaw a search and seizure operation that resulted in the largest cash seizure in South Florida’s history, totaling approximately 25 million dollars hidden in a private residence in suburban Miami-Dade County. In addition to his work as a task-force leader, as a former prosecutor, he has extensive litigation experience, trying approximately 100 cases to verdict including homicides, narcotics and firearms offenses, and myriad financial crimes. Mr. Nixon holds degrees from the University of California at Berkeley (BA), Quinnipiac University (JD), and the University of Pennsylvania (MPA).

$195