Unlawful-stop Claim – Reasonable Suspicion

By: Derek Hawkins//April 20, 2020//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Terrill A. Rickmon, Sr.,

Case No.: 19-2054

Officials: WOOD, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Unlawful-stop Claim – Reasonable Suspicion

One hundred police departments use a surveillance network of GPS-enabled acoustic sensors called ShotSpotter to identify gunfire, quickly triangulate its location, and then direct officers to it. As a matter of first impression, this case requires us to consider whether law enforcement may constitutionally stop a vehicle because, among other articulable facts, it was emerging from the source of a ShotSpotter alert. The district court held that the totality of the circumstances provided the officer responding to the scene with reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to justify the stop. We affirm.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is trademark corporate counsel for Harley-Davidson. Hawkins oversees the prosecution and maintenance of the Harley-Davidson’s international trademark portfolio in emerging markets.

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