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PROBABILITY – the chance or likelihood that a loss
will take place. Indicated by a mathematical
statement concerning the possibility of an event
occurring

PROBABLE CAUSE – a condition in which an officer
has suspicion about an individual and knowledge of
facts and circumstances that would lead a
reasonable person to believe that a crime has
been, is being, or is about to be committed.

PROBATION – a disposition whereby a defendant
after conviction of an offense, the penalty of which
does not exceed six years imprisonment, is
released subject to the conditions imposed by the
releasing court and under the supervision of a
probation officer.

PROBATIVE VALUE – the tendency of the evidence
to establish the proposition that it is offered to
prove.

PROCEDURES – are series of steps for the orderly
arrangement or records which include: alphabet,
geographic, numeric, subject of chronologic.

PROFESSIONAL CRIMINAL – a person who is
engaged in criminal activities with a high degree of
skill. He is usually one who practices crime as a
profession to maintain a living.

PROJECTILE – that which is projected through the
barrel and out of the gun by the powder gases.

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