NHMP & Operation Dry Water

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Originally Posted by Sunbeam lodge

What happens if you are caught in one of these checkpoints and there is no probable cause. But then they find you don't have a fire extinguisher on board. Do you get a ticket? There was no reason to stop you in the first place.

Once again for clarification:

There are no "checkpoints" being utilized by the NHMP in this effort. They are simply intensifying their pursuit of stops based on existing violations.

And I repeat, you do not need probable cause to tmporarily stop and detain an individual. You need probable cause to effect an arrest. You only need the lesser level of articulable suspicion to temporarily stop and detain.