[McGavin999]

Good grief, it's not like this is some national drug bust, they're looking for an escaping killer. If that's not reasonable cause, then nothing is.

Since when do we need a court issued piece of paper when reasonable cause is so blatently obvious?

This is NOT an abuse of police power, this is commonsense.

[NittanyLion]

Since when do we need a court issued piece of paper when reasonable cause is so blatently obvious?

Since the 1700s.

[PatrioticAmerican]

"reasonable cause" is actually "probable cause".

If half the shootings involved a particular white van of make and model, sure, stop them all, but, we have a situation where only a few shootings involve a white van and with different van descriptions, including different sizes.

As such, it is sloppy police work to say that all white vans and trucks within a ten mile radius should be stopped and the drivers arrested. Yes, arrested. Being handcuffed is an arrest.

If a witness could describe a particular vehicle, then it would be prudent to stop all vehicles that matched the description, but we don't have such a witness.

If the police could identify a particular rifle, should all known owners of such a rifle have their homes busted into and have the owners hancuffed and face down into their front lawns, while their guns are carted off for further analysis?

This dragnet crap of all white vans and trucks is sloppy police work, not a prudent necessity.