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Originally Posted by doober
Originally Posted by
PhilaBurbTom
Another point to consider is how many of these SPOT encounters are done by non-sworn, non LEO types from the TSA. It's one of those few situations that it may look like a duck and quack like a duck but it is still not a duck.
Beat me to it: TSA is
NOT law enforcement.
I had kept that in my head while writing the OP. I know the Terry Stop doctrine started with cops. An interesting excursion would be to determine if compliance with Terry Stop restrictions were intended to apply to only cops? Does it apply to other government officials who interrogate the public in similar fashion: IRS auditors, EPA inspectors, etc? Clearly, the screener or the passenger who involves a cop ups the ante and actually brings more of the Constitutional protections back into play.