CJ 2696 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Reasonable Suspicion
6 Oct 2016
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Recent controversial developments - az"s senate bill 1070. According to az"s senate bill 1070 police are now required to stop and question potential immigrants upon reasonable suspicion that they may be illegally in the. This legislation limits police use of discretion - yes. Deters victims/witness from reporting or cooperating with law enforcement - yes. Increases distrust of police department - yes. Increases potential for racial/ethnic pro ling - yes. Reasonable suspicion - standard of proof that is less than probable cause but is more than just a hunch. The proof arises from speci c and well de ned facts taken with rational inferences from those facts. With reasonable suspicion of cers can brie y detain and individual if they believe that the individual has been, is, or will be involved in criminal activity. These stops are considered detention but not an arrest.
