The following excerpt is from United States v. Williams, 930 F.3d 44 (2nd Cir. 2019):
to detect crime. Colorado v. Bertine , 479 U.S. 367, 381, 107 S.Ct. 738, 93 L.Ed.2d 739 (1987) (internal quotation marks omitted); Lopez , 547 F.3d at 369. We have described the objectives of inventory searches as "(1) to protect the owners property while it is in police custody; (2) to protect the police against spurious claims of lost or stolen property; and (3) to protect the police from potential danger." Lopez , 547 F.3d at 369. "The service of these objectives is wholly independent of whether the contents of the car figure in any way in a criminal investigation or prosecution." Id. at 36970.
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