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Task: Stop Based on Anonymous Tip

Navarette v. California, 134 S. Ct. 1683 (U.S. 2014).
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• Anonymous reports may support reasonable suspicion to make a

vehicle stop however two essential components must be met:
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• The anonymous report must have some indicia of reliability going

beyond simply describing location and description. Such as

Reporting in First Person that they were actual witness.

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• The reliable anonymous information must add up to reasonable

suspicion to believe that criminal activity is afoot.

• Here, the Court placed an indication of reliability, on the fact that the

caller used the 911 system to make the call such that the caller
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would assume their call was traceable and thus less likely to falsely

report

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