What are the "magic words" used by an off-duty police officer to communicate with a suspect?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Boar, 2015 ONCJ 483 (CanLII):
[37] Fourth, this court is entitled to infer from all the evidence that the officer had the requisite reasonable and probable grounds to believe even if the officer does not use the “magic words”. R v. Clarke [2000] O.J. No. 804 (S.C.J.)
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