I TN there's a saying about cops...
"No" smells like weed.
www.spotlightpa.org
Excerpted....
Troopers have also been trained in recent years to look for more
than 50 “criminal indicators,” including high car mileage, if the
car is a rental, any amounts of money in the car, audible sighs,
or if the driver is being overtly cooperative, according to an
unofficial form obtained by Spotlight PA.
Many of the things are subjective & non-disprovable, so
cops can make things up, & expect the judge to side with
them instead of the civilian.
I've also seen cases where cops pull over a driver for bogus
"suspicious" things that are provable/disprovable, but are
tacitly allowed....
- Driving slightly below the speed limit.
- Driving at exactly the speed limit.
- Driving slightly over the speed limit.
Using Occam's Razor, it's suspicious to simply be in a car.
"No" smells like weed.
How Pa. troopers use sweating, stuttering during traffic stops to launch vehicle searches
Law enforcement across the country pull drivers over for alleged, minor traffic infractions with the intent to look for possible criminal activity. Pennsylvania is no exception.
Troopers have also been trained in recent years to look for more
than 50 “criminal indicators,” including high car mileage, if the
car is a rental, any amounts of money in the car, audible sighs,
or if the driver is being overtly cooperative, according to an
unofficial form obtained by Spotlight PA.
Many of the things are subjective & non-disprovable, so
cops can make things up, & expect the judge to side with
them instead of the civilian.
I've also seen cases where cops pull over a driver for bogus
"suspicious" things that are provable/disprovable, but are
tacitly allowed....
- Driving slightly below the speed limit.
- Driving at exactly the speed limit.
- Driving slightly over the speed limit.
Using Occam's Razor, it's suspicious to simply be in a car.
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