Hello,
I definitely need some advice/contact. I was returning from vacation in Phoenix today(I live in Northern New Mexico) on US 40 and was pulled over for going 80 in a 75mph zone. I gave the Arizona DPS officer my license and rental contract (rental car). He returned from his vehicle and asked my to step out of the vehicle; I walked to his vehicle and signed the written warning for speeding. He gave me my copy and then asked to search the vehicle; I replied "I don't consent to searches". He immediately frisked/searched me and called for a K-9 unit (took 50 minutes to get there). As we were waiting for the K-9 unit I asked what was suspicious about me and he replied "your hand was trembling". The K-9 officer did his thing and the dog jumped on the trunk, signaling a positive sniff I guess. They then searched the car for 20 minutes and found nothing as there was nothing to find. Hopefully there is something that I can do as this was a blatant violation of my rights.
I definitely need some advice/contact. I was returning from vacation in Phoenix today(I live in Northern New Mexico) on US 40 and was pulled over for going 80 in a 75mph zone. I gave the Arizona DPS officer my license and rental contract (rental car). He returned from his vehicle and asked my to step out of the vehicle; I walked to his vehicle and signed the written warning for speeding. He gave me my copy and then asked to search the vehicle; I replied "I don't consent to searches". He immediately frisked/searched me and called for a K-9 unit (took 50 minutes to get there). As we were waiting for the K-9 unit I asked what was suspicious about me and he replied "your hand was trembling". The K-9 officer did his thing and the dog jumped on the trunk, signaling a positive sniff I guess. They then searched the car for 20 minutes and found nothing as there was nothing to find. Hopefully there is something that I can do as this was a blatant violation of my rights.