E.Marquez wrote:cb1000rider wrote: why tolerate LEO contact on legal behavior?
The same reason we tolerate and outright demand they stop someone who might be driving drunk, might be involved in selling drugs, might have been involved in a fight reported, might be the guy called in by a 911 caller as having been involved in a hit and run.
None of those calls are about legal behavior.
So if there was a call about illegal or suspicious behavior, I get it... I understand why you
might have to initiate contact.
My understanding is that if there is a call - that call must provide credible and specific information about what sort of questionable activity might be going on.
I also understand that these days it would be pretty bad if a call was made, it was not responded to, and there was a legitimate incident. You can initiate consensual contact without any basis of cause.
You can't call the police and say that I "might be selling drugs" - that's not enough to initiate non-consensual contact with me. You'd need to tell them that you saw me buy or sell something that looked like or was known to be drugs - or describe some behavior that warranted culpable suspicion. You can't expect them to stop me if I "might be drunk" - you'd need to see and report me for drinking, swerving, or perhaps (really low bar) frequenting an area where alcohol is sold...