Got "Probable Cause"? One District Attorney's attempt to explain why "Yes"/"No"
http://le.alcoda.org/publications/point_of_view/files/POV_Fall_2014.pdf
He gives a rather comprehensive checklist of behaviors and "indicators" of things that add up to/add strength to an officer's determination that Probable Cause exists. Some of the items he discusses have been found to be unsupportable in some jurisdictions, but his "scorecard" system helps an officer build up his case for PC in spite of one or two items not being countable. And no, there is not a baseline score that has to be reached in order to say PC has been "reached". It's more of a reminder of stuff to add to the dogpile in case one element does not stand up to challenge.
Sun Tzu (and just about everybody since) has advised us to know our enemy and his tactics.
stay safe.
http://le.alcoda.org/publications/point_of_view/files/POV_Fall_2014.pdf
He gives a rather comprehensive checklist of behaviors and "indicators" of things that add up to/add strength to an officer's determination that Probable Cause exists. Some of the items he discusses have been found to be unsupportable in some jurisdictions, but his "scorecard" system helps an officer build up his case for PC in spite of one or two items not being countable. And no, there is not a baseline score that has to be reached in order to say PC has been "reached". It's more of a reminder of stuff to add to the dogpile in case one element does not stand up to challenge.
Sun Tzu (and just about everybody since) has advised us to know our enemy and his tactics.
stay safe.