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by dhoobler
Wed Aug 21, 2019 11:27 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Questionable Search on Live PD.
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Re: Questionable Search on Live PD.

rtschl wrote: Wed Aug 21, 2019 11:19 am ~snip~
But can police detain you longer for a traffic stop solely for the purpose of waiting for K9? I would think that is questionable, because you are being detained longer than is reasonable for a traffic stop.

SCOTUS agrees with you.

https://www.jordanucmjlaw.com/blog/2015 ... iolated-f/

"An officer...may conduct certain unrelated checks during an otherwise lawful traffic stop," ruled Justice Ginsberg. "A dog sniff, unlike the routine measures just mentioned, is not an ordinary incident of a traffic stop." Her majority opinion also stated: "A police stop exceeding the time needed to handle the matter for which the stop was made violates the Constitution’s shield against unreasonable seizures."

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