Can an anonymous telephone tip can be used to provide information to the police?

[a] citizen walking our streets should not, without more, be exposed to physical assault by a police officer on the basis of an unsubstantiated report of the mere possession of firearms volunteered by a stranger. To condone such conduct would be to expose innocent persons to harassment by pranksters and irresponsible meddlers (People v. Green, 35 N.Y.2d 193, 196, 360 N.Y.S.2d 243, 318 N.E.2d 464 [1974] ).

In People v. La Pene, 40 N.Y.2d 210, 386 N.Y.S.2d 375, 352 N.E.2d 562 (1976), the companion case to De Bour, we concluded that an anonymous telephone tip, in the proper case, could provide police with reasonable

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