Police Officers: Do you all abuse Debour or do some of you actually follow it?

Question

Like using "trespass" to create a reason to search someone.

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n People v. De Bour,34 the New York Court of Appeals, using principles of state law,35 established a more nuanced (and arguably more stringent) multi-tiered standard for evaluating the propriety of police-civilian street encounters. Each progressive level allows "a separate degree of police interference with the liberty of the person approached[,] and consequently requires escalating suspicion on the part of the investigating officer."36

The New York test identifies four levels of police intrusion on an escalating scale. At the first, least intrusive level, an officer may request information from a civilian about his or her identity, reason for being at a particular location, or travel plans, where the request is "supported by an objective, credible reason, not necessarily indicative of criminality."37 For example, in De Bour, the officers approached De Bour after midnight, in an area with a high incidence of narcotics trafficking, after De Bour had crossed the street apparent

Answer 1

Whatever works to get the job done. If you were a victim, would you want the Police to take a law class first, and debate the issues, or would you want them to go, and make an arrest?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I think officers do not abuse De Bour. They use it.
The decision says it is legal for officers to talk to people on the public streets with no probable cause requirement.
How do you understand the decision to be abused?

Answer 4

Debour had it coming.

Answer 5

DEFINE "DEBOUR"