The mere smell of pot smoke hasn't been probable cause for pulling a car over
for nearly a year now.
with an LTC it might be....
My LTC might empower me to pull over a car that reeks? Awesome!
A Terry stop requires the officer to articulate two things. One, that he suspects you may be armed. Two, that he reasonably believes that you have committed a crime or are about to commit a crime.
You're confused, OM.
A Terry Stop merely requires a reasonable suspicion of someone's involvement in criminal activity.
A Terry Frisk requires a reasonable articulable suspicion that someone is armed and dangerous.
The stop itself has nothing to do with whether or not someone is armed.
... is simply stating that "all conversations that occur between the operator of this private motor vehicle are recorded for the operators safety" doesn't cut it in the DPRMA?
Bad Idea Jeans Dept.
If you have to tell them you're recording,
don't tell them you're recording "for the operator's safety".
Tell them you're recording "for quality assurance purposes".
They dig that.
There is probably a pool at the local barracks to see who is the 1st trooper to confiscate a newly illegalized [STRIKE=LINE]Maury[/STRIKE] Marsha assault weapon,and this guy was a go getter that wanted to win the cash.
FTFY.
But props for "illegalized".
The old rumor was that if something bad happened their fingerprints were now on your car.... sounds like old wives tale though.
Bad Idea Jeans Dept.,
Part Deux
Next time you've been pulled over, when the trooper is about to turn and depart, toss him a chamois and say, "...and please buff those smudges off my fender".
They dig that.
Is the patdown still allowed if you TELL the LEO you ARE legally armed?
Yes: they are allowed to frisk you if they have a reasonable articulable suspicion that you are armed and dangerous.
You've established that you're armed;
maybe you're dangerous.
Living in NH but travel frequently to MA we make sure we do a thorough check when we get in the car to head south. Make sure we remove the arm rest pistol, her ccw from her purse and any loose spent brass in the truck bed. I do, however, keep an extra killy looking AR 15 water gun on the floor of the back seat. I keep hoping to get the opportunity to refuse the illegal search to see what happens when he proceeds anyway.
The search isn't illegal if the putative weapon is in plain view and within lunge distance of a vehicle occupant.
So the same thing will happen to you that happens to other people who refuse legal searches.
Pat downs in Europe must be much more fun...
Until you get tazzed and a German Shepherd is munching on your arm.
I'm not sure, but you may want to refer to it as a "chien Alsacien" in France.
Otherwise, they may command the German Shepherd to munch harder.