Quote Originally Posted by FakeBoobsRule
A cop is a cop 24/7 whether they are being paid or not. They can stop someone out of their juridiction and hold them until someone from that jurisdiction can actually arrest them. I am not sure about searching though. If he was stopped by a cop in that jurisdiction, Carroll v. US would apply (Google it). I don't know what your friend did to get pulled over but he must have done something. Is he telling you the whole story?

Holding him for 15 minutes would be considered reasonable time to investigate by most judges.

Now, just because you want extra attention doesn't make it right to post in the wrong forum. Yeah you got extra attention but was any of it really answering your question till I said something? :jointsmile:
there was no reason for the search....he wasn't high or they would've mentioned that...there's really no reason for them to have searched his vehicle, right? and beyond that, he had to wait while they rummaged through his truck..keeping him for more time there..

did they violate his 4th amendment by doing that search? they basically said to get out and we're going to search your vehicle..
Markass Reviewed by Markass on . One of my friends the other night.. Got pulled over and given a ticket for paraphernalia and cds marijuana...there's a twist to this though...the officer was outside of his jurisdiction and finally when they did manage to find the stuff, they called an off duty county officer who was wearing plain clothes and had no badge on him, he wrote the tickets. Not to mention he had to wait like 15 minutes for the bastard to get there.. The cop even told my friend that "that curb over there is where my jurisdiction ends, so I'm gonna Rating: 5