My friend has had problems with the local sheriff's dept. He has been stopped 7 times in the last 6-8 months, most of the time for equipment issues, he drives an old beater that's hard to keep together, specifically the head/park lights. Recently he has gotten all his problems fixed, all the lights are good and his truck is perfectly legal. The stops are not the problem- most of the time, but 6 out of 7 times he has been stopped, they have asked to do a search with a dog. He doesn't use and never has anything so he always consents. Of course the dogs never find anything. Last night he was stopped after being followed several miles under the probable cause that his brake light was bad although there's not really anything wrong with it. They used a K-9 again and again found nothing. Is a faulty tail light enough probable cause to warrant a drug search, really? What should he do, or how could he file a complaint?
2007-10-23
07:43:25
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NavVet82
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