UT: Officer safety permits extending stop long enough to check passenger’s ID

“This case presents a single issue: does a law enforcement officer violate the Fourth Amendment if she requests that a passenger voluntarily provide identification and then runs a background check on that passenger without reasonable suspicion that the passenger has committed—or is about to commit—a crime? We conclude that an officer does not violate the Fourth Amendment if she does so. We recognize that the result we reach comports with that of a number of state and federal courts to have considered the issue. And while the United States Supreme Court has never squarely addressed the issue before us, our holding aligns with the analysis the Court employs when discussing the legitimacy of taking steps to promote officer safety during a traffic stop.” State v. Martinez, 2017 UT 26, 2017 Utah LEXIS 78 (May 2, 2017), opinion on rehearing reaching same result, 2017 UT 43, 2017 Utah LEXIS 117 (Aug. 2, 2017).