>In the US, the police require probable cause to even stop or question someone They do not need probable cause, they need "reasonable suspicion"[1]. The same

>In the US, the police require probable cause to even stop or question someone They do not need probable cause, they need "reasonable suspicion"[1]. The same standard Aus had until around a decade ago (now reduced). There were nearly 700K stop and searches in NYC in 2011 alone[2] (vastly reduced now) which undermines your suggestion that the BoR provides solid protection in this particular respect. Although I agree there are some protections offered by codified rights. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_stop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_stop 2. http://www.nyclu.org/content/stop-and-frisk-data http://www.nyclu.org/content/stop-and-frisk-data