A police officer sees a pedestrian standing on the sidewalk and decides to question them. the person starts to walk away and the officer commands the pedestrian to stop for questioning. this is considered a (n)

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Jagger Robbins

14 July, 22:35

A police officer sees a pedestrian standing on the sidewalk and decides to question them. the person starts to walk away and the officer commands the pedestrian to stop for questioning. this is considered a (n)

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Simon Ballard · Answer 1

Detention

Detention by a police officer refers to the phenomenon where an officer stops a person who appears to be involved in some form of suspicious activity and asks them some questions. Detention is different from arresting since the former does not involve sufficient evidence to arrest someone.