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it people do not realize a police officer stops a person ig traffic laws, the driver is technically under arrest because the driver is not free to leave, but must stay until the officer releases him or her. Further, in 1997, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that police can order all passengers out of a car when making a lawful traffic stop. The detention in this common situation is brief, usually lasting only as long as it takes the officer to check identifica- tion and registration, and typically ends when a citation (ticket) is issued for the violation. The Case of . .. The Unlucky Couple Problem 12.2 After an evening at the movies, Lonnie a. If you were Officer Ramos, what would you Howard and his girlfriend, Melissa, decide do in this situation? If you were Lonnie, to park in the empty lot behind Briarwood what would you do? Elementary School. They begin talking and b. If Officer Ramos chases Lonnie, will she start drinking the beer they brought with have probable cause to stop and arrest him? them. After several beers, the couple is star- c. How do you think Officer Ramos would act tled by the sound of breaking glass and voices after stopping Lonnie? How do you think from the rear of the school. Lonnie and Melissa would act? Unnoticed in their darkened car, Lonnie d. Role-play this situation. As Officer Ramos, and Melissa observe two men loading office decide what you would say and how you furniture and electronics equipment from would act toward the occupants of the car. the school into the back of a van. Quickly As Lonnie and Melissa, decide what you concluding that the men must be burglars, would say and how you would act toward Lonnie decides he should leave the parking lot. the police officer. He revs up his engine and roars out of the e. What could Lonnie and Melissa do if they parking lot onto Main Street. were mistakenly arrested for the burglary? Meanwhile, unknown to Lonnie and Melissa, What could they do if they were abused or a silent security alarm has also alerted the mistreated by Officer Ramos? local police to the break-in at the school. f. Assume Lonnie takes a baseball bat from the Responding to the alarm, Officer Vicki Ramos back of the car and begins to wave it after heads for the school. She turns onto Main being stopped by Officer Ramos. Would it be Street just in time to see one vehicle-Lonnie's legal for Officer Ramos to use deadly force? car-speeding away from the school