GROUNDS FOR MAKING A STOP Sample Clauses

GROUNDS FOR MAKING A STOP. 1. An officer may make a brief investigative stop and inquiry under any of the following circumstances: a. When [s]he knows that a crime has been committed. b. When [s]he reasonably believes that a crime has been or is being committed. c. When [s]he seeks to prevent a crime which [s]he reasonably believes is about to be committed. 2. A police officer has the authority to stop a person for an investigative inquiry in any place where the officer has a right to be, including: a. Any public place; b. Any place or area open to the public; and c. Any private premises entered with a valid warrant, by consent, or under emergency circumstances. 3. There is no precise formula for determining the legality of an investigatory stop. However, it must be based upon a reasonable belief or suspicion on the part of the officer that some activity out of the ordinary is taking place, that such activity is crime-related and that the person under suspicion is connected with or involved in that criminal activity.