{"id":18775,"date":"2015-09-09T09:34:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T14:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=18775"},"modified":"2015-09-09T09:35:08","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T14:35:08","slug":"d-kan-what-is-a-high-crime-area-is-nebulous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=18775","title":{"rendered":"D.Kan.: \u201cWhat is a high crime area?\u201d is nebulous"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the totality, the officers had reasonable suspicion. Breaking them down, however, some were afforded less weight, such as \u201cwhat is a high crime area?\u201d Here, the reasonable suspicion ripened into probable cause and permitted a search incident. United States v. Gordon<\/a>, 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 119188 (D.Kan. September 8, 2015)*:
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The Court does not afford these reasons significant weight, however, in its reasonable suspicion analysis. It appears that many backup officers were in the area when the stop occurred and responded quickly when summoned. Also, what constitutes a “high crime” area is defined loosely, and the government has not provided sufficient information for the Court to make such a determination on the record presented here. See McKoy, 428 F.3d at 40 (finding that where sole occupant of car was approached by two officers in broad daylight for a traffic violation, the criminal history of the neighborhood “lends only weak support to the officers’ perception that McKoy was armed and dangerous.”).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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