My Top 10 Rules To Follow During a Police Traffic Stop
A police stop will happen at least once in your driving career, and its important to follow some simple rules which still protect your constitutional rights
A police stop will happen at least once in your driving career, and its important to follow some simple rules which still protect your constitutional rights
To assert those rights, a person must have standing under the 4th Amendment. Standing means that the person has the privilege to assert the right
In many situations, police officers who suspect that a car is carrying or trafficking drugs use K-9 police dogs to help them establish probable cause to search
Without probable cause to stop a car, any evidence obtained is inadmissible and the prosecution can’t use it against the person.
Most people dont understand and believe that police can use a dog without any type of suspicion that the car contains drugs
A driver typically has an expectation of privacy in a car and a right against illegal search and seizure, does a passenger within that car have the same right.
One of the most common issues that we see in in Pennsylvania and New Jersey are traffic stops where a handgun or drugs found within the vehicle by police.
If you believe that you’re the victim of racial profiling, your attorney must raise the issue and Commonwealth must articulate a race neutral reason for stop
The justifications for a frisk of a suspect (pat down), or a protective car sweep (frisk), isnt the destruction of evidence but the protection of officer
Consent, in most situations, will eliminate all of your constitutional rights. Even if you gave consent, you should never assume that you dont have a case