Street Cop Podcast # 78 How to build RAS from roadside questions

In this video, Dennis answers the age-old question of "How do I build reasonable articulable suspicion (RAS) while contacting the driver of a motor vehicle?" RAS is defined in New Jersey as Reasonable Articulable Suspicion, some states define it as Reasonable Suspicion, but it means the same thing. As defined in Terry V Ohio: Reasonable suspicion is less than probable cause, the legal standard for arrests and warrants. However, more than an "inchoate and unparticularized suspicion or 'hunch'," it must be based on "specific and articulable facts," "taken together with rational inferences from those facts." To obtain RAS, you must look at all the facts given to you and ask yourself, "Is this what a normal person would do?" Suppose you are on the highway and someone spots your patrol car, and they immediately change their behavior to avoid you, lower their speed, and instantly switch their driving stance. In that case, this may be something worth looking into further. Say you stop a vehicle, and the driver cannot provide you with a SPECIFIC location they are traveling to or where they are coming from, then this may be something worth looking into further. Use these inconsistencies to build your RAS; the more inconsistencies with normal behavior you have, the more likely it is that this driver is engaged in criminal activity. * * * * How to join the Street Cop Community Facebook:   / streetcoptra...​   Facebook Group:   / 601107000868451   Instagram:   / streetcoptr...​   LEO only Instagram:   / ​   LinkedIn:   / stre...​