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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ef9turbo" data-source="post: 3959037" data-attributes="member: 790">I will say this. A detainment (meaning not being free to leave while deputy does what he needs, ie: warrant, dl, traffic records check, etc.) from a traffic stop, can only be as long as it needs to be. 10 minutes is not a long time for a traffic stop, especially if it’s an inexperienced deputy. Mine usually take anywhere from 6-10 mins, depending on what I find. That includes documentation, records checks, etc.  If he had a similar name to someone with a warrant, etc. it could take longer; this happens quite more often than you think. Certain things allow an LE to keep a person on a call or stop as long as needed as long as he or dispatch is trying and as long as it’s not purposely excessive. Hence why I said a person being stopped for RS can only be held as long as needed. Needed can be lots of things because a lot of things can happen by means of RS and easily and quickly turn into PC for longer detainment. Now in that span, if a k9 happens to come across the stop, free air sniff is fair game. Whether you beleive it violates his 4th or not, it doesn’t as it’s still within the legal detainment of the traffic stop. I get you’re upset or whatever, instead of complaining and trying to argue your point to others on an online forum, get yourself a lawyer and go that route. All the information you’ll ever need to know if this was right or wrong can be had by a lawyer. Call logs, radio transmissions, OLETS information, phone calls, and etc. All that information will explain why things were done how they were done. Pretty simple…</blockquote>

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