TheJeepster
Regular Member
So most of us are informed about RAS and Terry stops. We can say the usual "Am I being detained? Am I free to go?"
When are we actually free to go? I have seen several instances online where police will not directly answer the "am I being detained" question and instead hold the person(s) there until their supervisor, who isn't on scene but is on the way, gets there.
Do we have to wait around for a cops supervisor? I would think this amounts to being detained in an involuntary manner. If they can't answer about detainment when immediately asked, then I have to make a reasonable assumption that they have no RAS, and hence I am free to go.
Additionally, most cops like to lecture about personal opinions and what not, especially when they have nothing to cite or arrest you for, and I really could give 2 sh#ts less what any of them "think." Do we have to stand there wasting our time listening to them lecture or can we end that conversation at will?
When are we actually free to go? I have seen several instances online where police will not directly answer the "am I being detained" question and instead hold the person(s) there until their supervisor, who isn't on scene but is on the way, gets there.
Do we have to wait around for a cops supervisor? I would think this amounts to being detained in an involuntary manner. If they can't answer about detainment when immediately asked, then I have to make a reasonable assumption that they have no RAS, and hence I am free to go.
Additionally, most cops like to lecture about personal opinions and what not, especially when they have nothing to cite or arrest you for, and I really could give 2 sh#ts less what any of them "think." Do we have to stand there wasting our time listening to them lecture or can we end that conversation at will?