When defendant voluntarily stops his car and gets out to walk away, the police encounter after that is not a \u201ctraffic stop\u201d governed by traffic stop rules. The stop was consensual, but officers did have reasonable suspicion defendant\u2019s vehicle had been involved in an armed robbery. The BOLO in this case had not gone stale after eight days after the first robbery. There had been two earlier ones. Defendant ultimately consented to a search of the vehicle to retrieve a gun. United States v. Reed, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177720 (W.D.La. Dec. 28, 2015), adopted 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55995 (W.D. La. Apr. 23, 2016).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When defendant voluntarily stops his car and gets out to walk away, the police encounter after that is not a \u201ctraffic stop\u201d governed by traffic stop rules. The stop was consensual, but officers did have reasonable suspicion defendant\u2019s vehicle had … Continue reading