What is the test for detention of a person by the police?

Saskatchewan, Canada


The following excerpt is from R v Santos, 2014 SKQB 5 (CanLII):

In R v. Mann, supra the court held that the police are entitled to detain a person for investigative purposes where they have reasonable grounds to suspect that the individual is connected to particular criminal activity and that such a detention is reasonably necessary in the circumstances (para. 45).

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