What is the impact of a police officer's reputation as a major narcotics dealer on an investigative stop?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Oates, 560 F.2d 45 (2nd Cir. 1977):
Agent Hammonds was warranted in basing his suspicions in part on Oates' reputation as a major narcotics dealer. 11 While investigative stops certainly cannot be made "merely because (the detainees) have criminal records or bad reputations," United States v. Fields, supra at 1198, a police officer's knowledge of a person's reputation as a prominent narcotics trafficker can
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