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They need only to have reasonable SUSPICION in order to detain you on the street.

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They may also stop you at checkpoints without reasonable suspicion. An example would be a sobriety checkpoint where everyone is stopped or a random pattern such as every other vehicle, or every 3rd vehicle is stopped.

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