Is this a search and is it legal?

[Makiaveli]

When I was still in the military I often had an E-tool and tarp in the back seat of my truck, but I don't think that's PC to search my vehicle for dead hookers. I get what you're saying but it doesn't make it right. Unless there were vehicle break-ins in the area and he matched the description of a suspect then I guess that could be PC when you factor in the tools, but the tools alone, nope.

I hear ya. I live for the day when I have to explain a fencing tool to some city kid turned cop. For those who aren't familiar, it's like a pair of pliers with a wire cutter built-in. Oh yea, and don't forget the hammer head on one end, the prying hook on the other etc. It's pretty much a one stop shop for burglary tools

I haven't been stopped in a long time, but I'm going to make sure that if I do get stopped in the future my vid camera will be running on my phone. I've consented to search before when I was younger, but now I usually have a couple of kids in tow, so I'm not about to remove them from car seats and all that just so a LEO can satisfy his curiousity. Who knows how that conversation will go if I refuse, but based on some of the stuff I've read and seen on YouTube there is a good enough chance of it not going well for me and my rights.

The younger the cop, the more you will have to worry about as a rule. Just released on his own is the worst. Maximum effort with minimal experience. So any thing you say that can be taken out of context will be. Not saying they are "bad" cops, just that youthful exuberance can get the best of them

[DaveTN]

Not saying they are "bad" cops, just that youthful exuberance can get the best of them

We had a Lieutenant that used to say you shouldn’t be able to be a cop until you are 40.

[Makiaveli]

We had a Lieutenant that used to say you shouldn’t be able to be a cop until you are 40.

There is a lot of wisdom in that