Originally Posted by
law dawg
They did have cause, as BS as it was. A violation of law was discovered while performing an administrative search. They can detain the person while LEOs respond and then turn over the evidence to the responding LEOs. The precedent is quite clear.
Technically, they had not discovered a violation of the law; rather, they had a reasonable, articulable suspicion that a violation had occurred or was about to occur allowing for the detention. The police would have to determine if probable cause existed before a making an arrest. This would than leave determining that a violation of law had occurred as an issue of fact and law for a judge and/or jury.
That said, Would you please provide a cite to the precedent? (I'm not challenging it exists, just want to read ..)