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Two uniformed male police officers listen as a dark-haired woman points and answers questions after they have stopped her for reasonable suspicion.

Can Police Stop Someone For Reasonable Suspicion In New York?

You have legal rights that the police must respect, and one of those rights is not to be detained without reason or for an unreasonable reason. If a police officer initiates a pedestrian or motor vehicle stop, they must have reasonable suspicion, sometimes called reasonable articulable suspicion. What makes a suspicion reasonable instead of unreasonable? … Read More