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: