Know your rights: Oregon police can no longer search drivers without a warrant
According to the police, a few years earlier a police informant had unsuccessfully attempted to purchase heroin from McCarthy… that means no more warrantless searches after traffic stops in Oregon.
It doesn’t mean the police can’t search a car if there is an ‘exigency,’ but there is no more automatic exception just because you are in a car when stopped. “It’s a pretty big change,” said Multnomah County public defender Chris O’Connor, “in that it means the courts are willing to more closely scrutinize officer’s decisions about stopping and searching cars”.
Original Article (NPR):
Know your rights: Oregon police can no longer search drivers without a warrant
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