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Third Circuit Suppresses Evidence Found After Police Created Safety Concern to Justify Prolonging Traffic Stop

by Anthony W. Accurso

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that prolonging a traffic stop, even for a short period of time, to ensure an officer’s safety is unreasonable where the officer himself created the safety risk through his actions.

Around 2:00 a.m. in the early ...

 

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