When a police officer has an objective, reasonable, articulable suspicion a person has committed a crime or is about to commit a crime, can the officer briefly detain the person?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. STIER, 168 Cal.App.4th 21, 85 Cal.Rptr.3d 77 (Cal. App. 2009):

[3] [4] [5] When a police officer has an objective, reasonable, articulable suspicion a person has committed a crime or is about to commit a crime, the officer may briefly detain the person to investigate. The detention must be temporary, last no longer than necessary for the officer to confirm or dispel the officer's suspicion, and be accomplished using the least intrusive means available under the circumstances. ( Florida v. Royer (1983) 460 U.S. 491, 500, 103 S.Ct. 1319, 75 L.Ed.2d 229;

[168 Cal.App.4th 27]

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