Personally, I'll risk the ride if the cop is not on very firm legal ground. He must articulate exactly his reason for approaching me because I believe that there is no detainment in Missouri. "The officer must inform the defendant by what authority he acts, and must also show the warrant if required." Submitting to his authority is a arrest. This "consensual contact" nonsense permits LE to get away with a great many little rights violations without being held to account. This, and folks tend to not want to pursue a redress of wrongs because they know that the deck is stacked against them.
I will only provide ID if the cop can articulate his authority right there on the side of the road. He had better be dead on certain that he has it right or else there will be a accounting due. The arrest "definition" is not long, nor is it littered with political-legal-mumbo-jumbo. A citizen submits to the cops authority (you are not free to go) he is arrested under the statute. The 5A should be invoked immediately. Now, the question is, does the cop know this? Well, I don't care, because I tell him that I am arrested as a result of he detaining me and then I invoke my 5A right.
I am not here to make their job easier. A good cop knows this, and knows the very few laws in Missouri that are easy to understand and have the greatest opportunity for misuse and abuse. OC in Missouri is not unlawful. Some towns can ban OC. Some towns ban OC w/o a "permit." Very easy to know, yet cops continue to "not know" or misunderstand the law. Arrest is clearly defined. Claiming ignorance because some ready reference guide is not quite up to snuff is nothing but a cover for thug cops.
