CRM_J 420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Reasonable Suspicion
16 May 2017
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Terry vs. ohio (1969: where stop and frisk came from. Reasonable suspicion: (something less than probable cause but more than mere suspicion). Investigative detention: seizure that is limited in purpose to investigate. Personal observation: anything that a police officer sees that is a suspicious activity. Informant information: when the officer doesn"t personal observe something but an informant does, the officer has to look at the totality of the circumstances in regards to the. Anonymous tip, with corroboration. informant (basis of knowledge, if the informant is a criminal etc: an anonymous tip alone= no reasonable suspicion, the police have to corroborate the information. They have to collect additional information in order to act on the tip. 90 minutes to search luggage: the court said that this is too long to search someone"s luggage, u. s. vs. place (1983). Removal from public to private area: not okay because the public to private place changes the encounter.
