State v. Bivens

ELMORE, Judge.

On 18 July 2006, law enforcement officials from several jurisdictions in and around Stanly County met at a staging area in Oakboro to conduct an undercover drug interdiction campaign. Under a mutual assistance agreement between law enforcement departments, officers from outside Stanly County’s jurisdiction were assigned to go to specific locations and attempt to buy illegal drugs from suspected street-level dealers. Equipped with an undercover car containing two hidden video cameras and street clothes, Detective Marnee Moberg and Officer Jarrod Hodge went to their designated…