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Task: Consensual Contact
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Florida v. Bostick, 501 U.S. 429 (1991).
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A police officer need not have reasonable suspicion or probable

cause when his or her encounter with a citizen is consensual.

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Distinguishing consensual contact from seizure:

• Would the words or conduct used by the officer, lead a reasonably

objective innocent person to believe they were not free to leave,

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refuse the officer’ “or otherwise terminate the encounter.”
• Mere questioning by police is insufficient to establish coercion on

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