California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Turner, 161 Cal.Rptr.3d 567 (Cal. App. 2013):
detention into an arrest. [Citations.] ( Id. at p. 675, 16 Cal.Rptr.3d 85, 93 P.3d 1027.) 10 It explained that while such actions by officers would rarely be justified for a routine traffic stop, they may be appropriate when the stop is of someone suspected of committing a felony. ( Id. at p. 676, 16 Cal.Rptr.3d 85, 93 P.3d 1027; see also People v. Stier (2008) 168 Cal.App.4th 21, 27, 85 Cal.Rptr.3d 77 [officers' handcuffing of suspect during detention generally held permissible only where the police officer has a reasonable basis for believing the suspect poses a present physical threat or might flee].)
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