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E.D.Pa.: 911 call about robbery was not specific enough for a stop, but the actions of the car and the area added enough to justify the stop

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

The police received an anonymous 911 call about a robbery by two black males in a silver Escalade. It was insufficient to provide reasonable suspicion for a stop without more, and, on following the car, more was evident and gave enough for a stop. United States v. Parker, 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 118735 (E.D. Pa. November 5, 2010)*: (1) The reputation of the area in which the stop occurred for criminal activity; (2) A suspect's presence on a street at a late hour; (3) A suspect's "nervous, evasive behavior," or flight from police; (4) A suspect behaves in a way that conforms to police officers' specialized knowledge of criminal activity; (5) the geographic and temporal proximity of the stop to the scene of the alleged crime; and (6) the number of persons in the area...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on November 11, 2010 (boomark / email).