Can You Detain for a Fake ID?
CAN YOU DETAIN A PERSON FOR FALSE ID? This question comes from an officer in Iowa. Can a person be detained if they give you a false name during a consensual encounter? You’re having a consensual contact and you ask the person to provide their name and date of birth. They give you a name […]
Detention for Criminal Trespass
Here is our next question: Can police detain someone to issue a criminal trespass warning if they leave the location after being warned? I’ll explain what’s kind of going on here. This officer is in Texas. He asks: If a business owner or homeowner has told a subject to leave their property, and that subject […]