Benchmarks: Flipped-off cop couldn’t initiate traffic stop 
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: January 4, 2013
Tags: Fourth Amendment, probable cause, reasonable suspicion, search and seizure, traffic stop, §1983
The 2nd Circuit yesterday revived the civil rights suit of a man who was stopped and arrested after flipping off a police officer he observed manning a speed trap.
Unused turn signal doesn’t create reasonable suspicion for traffic stop
Published: October 25, 2012
Tags: Fourth Amendment, reasonable suspicion, search and seizure, traffic stop
Driving through an intersection without turning or changing lanes even though the turn signal was on does not constitute a traffic violation, and therefore the officer who pulled the defendant over did not have reasonable suspicion to effect a traffic stop, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled.
Police could extend traffic stop
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: December 9, 2010
Tags: dog sniff, drug dog, police officer, reasonable suspicion, traffic stop
A police officer could briefly extend a traffic stop after issuing a warning citation for the purpose of allowing a drug-detection dog to sniff the exterior of the driver’s vehicle, the 4th Circuit has ruled in affirming a drug conviction.
