
When Is It Legal For a Police Officer To Search Your Car?
In the event that a police officer has stopped a car on a freeway, each party has certain rights and responsibilities that must be protected. On one hand there is the Fourth Amendment that ensures against any unlawful search or seizure against a citizen. Yet there are circumstances and parameters that allows a police officer to request and conduct a search of a car, bike, truck or any type of vehicle. Here we will discuss instances where those searches can take place in the eyes of the law within the United States. When You Have Consented To The Search If the officer has asked the driver if they can search the vehicle, then they have one of two options. The first is to refuse, a response that…