Wondering what questions an officer can require you to answer vs. what can be refused. Does refusal to answer constitute probable cause?
Wondering what questions an officer can require you to answer vs. what can be refused. Does refusal to answer constitute probable cause?
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They can ask for your license, your name, where you are coming from and where you are going, and whether you have any weapons. They can also do a pat down. When the wife said the gun might be in the car, that probably gave the officers the opening they needed to search the car according to MD law.
Say as little as possible and ask if you are free to go whenever possible. As soon as they say you are free to go, then go.
He can ask for your drivers license, if you are driving. Other than that, you do not have to answer anything.
The video referred to earlier sounds like a good explanation of your rights.