Question

A "pretext stop" refers to the practice of police officers to use some minor traffic offense to stop the individual, specifically to look for other evidence of wrongdoing, specifically by a search, usually a consent search.True / False.

Answer 1

Answer:

True

Explanation:

A "pretext stop" occurs when police officers stop a vehicle under the excuse of a minor traffic offense so that they can search for illegal or dishonest behavior. In that respect, the search typically happens with permission of the driver. Besides, in general, minorities are usually selected as objects of pretext stops, since they are believed to be prone to crime.