What are some factors to consider in deciding whether the suspicion to stop is reasonable?
Solari: Well the source of the information needs to be considered. Of course, we know um, you need a credible source with a basis of knowledge. There are some sources that are just presumed credible, law enforcement being the primary one, but witnesses and victims that come forward and identify themselves are also presumed credible. Importantly though, anonymous tips by themselves aren’t enough to establish reasonable suspicion; however, if you couple the tip with some additional facts, you maybe able to get there. So, for instance, someone calls and leaves an anonymous tip that there’s a guy wearing a plaid shirt carrying a concealed weapon standing at the corner of 5th and Main. Now, that’s not, by itself, reasonable suspicion to stop that person, or to frisk that person; however, a good officer is going to follow up on that and going to go out to 5th and Main, maybe do a voluntary contact, maybe look at that person a little bit to see if he sees a bulge in his clothing, or maybe som
