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Originally Posted by babydriver
This is not entirely true. In the United States, the officer must have what is known as "probable cause" before conducting any of those activities. What this means is that a reasonable person could infer the possibility of a crime or violation being committed by the suspect from the available evidence that can be seen BY ANYONE passing by. It does not mean (at least in the U.S.) that a police officer has carte blanche to do whatever he wants. The remedy is dismissal of the charges by the judge if the judge determines that there was no probable cause.
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no officer needs PC to ask you to open something. I think you may have misinterpreted @
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