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| Reasonable Suspicion and Stop and Frisk |
| "Reasonable suspicion is one step below probable cause and one step above a hunch." |
Police officers have the same problem with reasonable
suspicion as they have with probable cause...they often
fail to articulate the circumstances which lead to the
reasonable suspicion. Your reasonable suspicion will
often lead to probable cause and the arrest of an
individual(s). However, if you fail to establish that you
had reasonable suspicion to conduct the stop which leads
to the ultimate arrest, the fruits of your original
suspicion will be lost. Like probable cause, reasonable
suspicion is not a difficult concept to comprehend. I've
never understood how some police officers get stuck on
stupid when it comes to articulating reasonable suspicion.
Read and comprehend the information at the link I've
provided below, and you'll never have that problem.
suspicion as they have with probable cause...they often
fail to articulate the circumstances which lead to the
reasonable suspicion. Your reasonable suspicion will
often lead to probable cause and the arrest of an
individual(s). However, if you fail to establish that you
had reasonable suspicion to conduct the stop which leads
to the ultimate arrest, the fruits of your original
suspicion will be lost. Like probable cause, reasonable
suspicion is not a difficult concept to comprehend. I've
never understood how some police officers get stuck on
stupid when it comes to articulating reasonable suspicion.
Read and comprehend the information at the link I've
provided below, and you'll never have that problem.
"Frequently, the police will observe somebody who needs to be checked
out. That is the purpose of a stop and frisk, which has many different
names: a field interview, a field inquiry, a threshold inquiry, or just routine
questioning. Terry v. Ohio (1968), an 8-1 decision with only Justice Douglas
dissenting, gave police the right to temporarily detain somebody if there are
specific articulable facts leading a reasonable police officer to believe a
crime might be occurring. This standard is known as "reasonable
suspicion," although some people call it articulable suspicion or more than
mere suspicion. It is not necessary for the officer to articulate or identify a
specific crime they think is being committed, only that a set of factual
circumstances exist that would lead a reasonable officer to believe that
criminal activity is occurring. Note that arrest, search, and seizure require
probable cause, or what a "reasonable person" would believe. Stop and
frisk, by contrast, requires what a "reasonable officer" would believe.
Reasonable suspicion is one step below probable cause and one step
above a hunch...Everything you need to know about reasonable
suspicion and Stop and Frisk from faculty.ncwc.edu
out. That is the purpose of a stop and frisk, which has many different
names: a field interview, a field inquiry, a threshold inquiry, or just routine
questioning. Terry v. Ohio (1968), an 8-1 decision with only Justice Douglas
dissenting, gave police the right to temporarily detain somebody if there are
specific articulable facts leading a reasonable police officer to believe a
crime might be occurring. This standard is known as "reasonable
suspicion," although some people call it articulable suspicion or more than
mere suspicion. It is not necessary for the officer to articulate or identify a
specific crime they think is being committed, only that a set of factual
circumstances exist that would lead a reasonable officer to believe that
criminal activity is occurring. Note that arrest, search, and seizure require
probable cause, or what a "reasonable person" would believe. Stop and
frisk, by contrast, requires what a "reasonable officer" would believe.
Reasonable suspicion is one step below probable cause and one step
above a hunch...Everything you need to know about reasonable
suspicion and Stop and Frisk from faculty.ncwc.edu
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