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I'm not sure if we read the same PDF. What I read said, right in the first paragraph: >After Struble attended to everything relating to the stop, including, i
by evanb 12y ago
I'm not sure if we read the same PDF.
What I read said, right in the first paragraph:
>After Struble attended to everything relating to the stop, including, inter alia, checking the driver’s licenses of Rodriguez and his passenger and issuing a warning for the traffic offense, he asked Rodriguez for permission to walk his dog around the vehicle. When Rodriguez refused, Struble detained him until a second officer arrived. Struble then retrieved his dog, who alerted to the presence of drugs in the vehicle. The ensuing search revealed methamphetamine. Seven or eight minutes elapsed from the time Struble issued the written warning until the dog alerted.
So, the cop did ask in the beginning. When consent was denied the officer delayed.