ORIGINAL: Daniel__
We will do license, bag checks or other legal “Terry Stops” or “mere encounters” without a warrant or probable cause
Why would you do this without probable cause???In the eyes of the anmal police everyone is guilty or a criminal then...Or do the animal police judge people for the way they look or what they drive?? What is the purpose of doing these things ifother than youdon't trust people??? Sounds more like a nazi organization the more you keep talking....You just do these things to show your power...Your an animal cop.....You all are starting to look like nazi cops to me...
You obviously don’t have any idea about what is required for an investigative field check or a lawful vehicle stop for that matter.
You do not have to have probable case for a license check, bag check or for stopping and questioning a hunter or a person in a vehicle. All that is required, by the law and courts, for any officer, Game Commission or any other law enforcement officer, to stop and question a person, in our out of a vehicle, and conduct a brief investigative detention is reasonable suspicion. Reasonable suspicion is simply articuable facts that would lead a reasonably prudent person believe that criminal activity is a foot.
During the stop and investigative detention iswhenthe officer islooking for additional satisying facts that lead tosending the person on their way or for developing the probable cause for a search anddeveloping additional evidenceto make an arrest if the additional evidence is present.
I am so sorry that you are having such a hard time with legal and justified law enforcement. But, if you want to be a functional member of society you will just have to learn to live by the standards acceptedby society, the laws and the courts and I guess that includes Game Wardens checking hunters.
Dick Bodenhorn
WCO, Elk County