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To: Wonder Warthog

See the WI stop and ID statute which has already been posted and linked.

968.24 Temporary questioning without arrest. After having identified himself or herself as a law enforcement officer, a law enforcement officer may stop a person in a public place for a reasonable period of time when the officer reasonably suspects that such person is committing, is about to commit or has committed a crime, and may demand the name and address of the person and an explanation of the person’s conduct. Such detention and temporary questioning shall be conducted in the vicinity where the person was stopped.


116 posted on 09/23/2010 7:24:45 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: ltc8k6
1. Please name the crime the officers reasonably suspected these individuals had committed or were about to commit.

2. Please state the basis the officers had for suspecting that such crime had been committed or was about to be committed.

119 posted on 09/23/2010 7:27:38 AM PDT by grady ("Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading." - Unknown)
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To: ltc8k6
"...when the officer reasonably suspects that such person is committing, is about to commit or has committed a crime, and may demand the name and address of the person and an explanation of the person’s conduct."

I read it. The situation, as described, does NOT rise to the above level. Simply because someone calls 911 does NOT give law enforcement carte blanche to go in and violate citizens civil rights.

165 posted on 09/23/2010 8:07:25 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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