On April 13, Joel's car was stopped, and he and a companion were arrested for a few miles away from, and a few minutes after, the burglary of a supper club. The burglary had been reported by an eyewitness whose descriptions of the event and the car involved were transmitted by radio to area police officers. Joel's car matched the description of the car in which the burglars left the scene. It was also traveling in the same direction on the same road. After Joel and his passenger had been taken into custody, the car was sealed, towed, and searched. It contained two bank bags with about $500 currency and coins, later identified as club property, and various tools, including pry bars, mauls, tire irons, and a hack saw.

1. Must the factual basis for stopping a vehicle arise from the officer's personal observation?
   1. When stopping a vehicle, officers must have a warrant when they do not personally observe a felony being committed.
   2. Arresting officers may rely on any communicated information when a possible felony is to be investigated.
   3. The basis for stopping a vehicle may be supplied by information acquired from another person as well as other law enforcement officials.
   4. Arresting officers must have personal knowledge of the facts constituting probable cause.
   5. Six factors must be considered:
      1. The description of the offender or the vehicle in which the offender fled.
      2. The size of the area in which this offender might be found.
      3. The number of people in that area.
      4. The known or probable direction of the offender's flight.
      5. Observed activity by the offender.
      6. Knowledge or suspicion that the offender has been involved in other criminality of the type presently under investigation.

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