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Traffic Violation Required to Satisfy Probable Cause in California

By Walin & Klarich

Police Cannot Pull You Over Just for Your Temporary Operating Permit Police officers need probable cause in order to pull motorists over. What this means is that they must have probable cause to believe that a motorist performed a traffic violation. Over the years, police officers have come up with just about any excuse to justify pulling motorists over, in order to satisfy this probable cause requirement. One of their favorites has been that they have had a hunch that a temporary operating permit on a vehicle may be fraudulent, and thus they have probable cause to pull a vehicle over. You probably have seen new cars being operated with a temporary operating permit displayed, in lieu of license plates. This is commonly done when a new car is just purchased...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on February 28, 2009 (boomark / email).