People v. Harrison

The majority today holds that the police officers’ actions in making a simple inquiry of the occupants of a “very, very dirty” parked rental car as to the ownership of the vehicle and requesting one of the occupants to remain in the car as he attempted to exit before the inquiry could be conducted were unjustified in the absence of “reasonable suspicion * * * that the occupants [of the vehicle were] engaged in criminal activity.”

I do not believe that the proper legal standard to be applied under the circumstances present here is reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot but,…