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Alf wrote:

OldCannon wrote:Wait, I don't get this: What reasonable cause does he have to think your guns are stolen? Without his statement of probable cause, I doubt I would consent to that search.

His insurance lapsed. Or maybe there was an error in their computer system. That's all the probable cause he needs to assume the car and anything inside is stolen.

A routine traffic stop without evidence of criminal activity is not justification for any search, period! IMHO, IANAL

AFCop wrote:Actually, from a TLETS terminal (slightly better then a MDC) TLETS will tell you if insurance status is confirmed or if you need to manually verify. It is not a flawless system and can be outdated by a couple months. Furthermore, I am not sure if that would be a valid traffic stop, considering the system doesn't say expired or not, merely confirmed or manually verify.

I didn't know what is was called but the officers I have encountered have all said it is usually not up to date. Once when a woman slammed into my daughter, a guy that sideswiped my brother's Bronco when I was with him and once on my truck when a man came into my lane form the opposite way and knocked my mirror off. They all to a man said the insurance check was almost worthless. That was within the last year and a half. The system said the woman had insurance but she didn't. Maybe it's better now, huh, mreavis