Troublesome Aspects Of Police “Whisper” Stops
On behalf of Rosenblum Schwartz & Fry posted in Drug Crimes on Thursday, February 15, 2018. A police “whisper” stop takes on an ominous quality once its underlying meaning is understood. Imagine that police officers in St. Louis or troopers elsewhere across Missouri lack any evidence to suggest that a given individual is connected to unlawful drug activity. Federal agents working in a laboratory in another state have, though, pursuant to secretive investigative techniques that bypass warrant requirements. Those agents — from the FBI, perhaps, or the Drug Enforcement Administration — quietly pass along what they know to local law enforcers. And those officers …