See ante, at 9. That is because the parties’ unusually austere stipulation confined the case to the facts stated above—i.e., that Mehrer stopped Glover’s truck because he knew that Kansas had revoked Glover’s license.
The Court gave an example of when the registered has a date of birth that places them at 60 years of age and the officer can see that the operator appears to in their twenties. Indeed, our cases are rife with examples of officers who have perceived more than just basic driver demographics. Allowing officers to effectively patrol and pull over potential unlicensed drivers is necessary for public safety, the States argue, because although only 2.6% of drivers are unlicensed, those drivers account for 18.2% of fatal crashes. Justice Clarence Thomas, delivered the majority opinion to which Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Breyer, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh joined. Especially if you’ve not had your own license taken away, your everyday experience has given you little basis to assess the probabilities. But most likely (let’s be honest), you just wouldn’t know. (considering, as part of the reasonable suspicion inquiry, the frequency of an officer’s misses and the accuracy of the database on which he relied).[1]. Held: When the officer lacks information negating an inference that the owner is driving the vehicle, an investigative traffic stop made after running a vehicle’s license plate and learning that the registered owner’s driver’s license has been revoked is reasonable under the
Ann. But the Kansas Supreme Court said that Mehrer didn’t even have that: He had only an “assumption” that the driver behind the wheel must be Glover. In yet other jurisdictions, “revocation” is the label assigned to a temporary sanction, which may be imposed for such infractions as the failure to comply with child support payments. Kansas Solicitor General Toby Crouse said it was “common sense” for sheriff’s deputy Mark Mehrer to stop a truck owned by Charles Glover after a routine license plate check showed Glover had a suspended license. Only once he stopped the vehicle did Deputy Mehrer confirm that Glover was indeed the one driving the car. . Pp. Nevertheless, Deputy Mehrer pulled the truck over, assuming that Glover was driving the truck without a valid license. ante, at 5, 6, 7, 8. Jack has 20 years police experience as a police officer with the Providence Police Department, Providence, RI. 449 U.S. 411, 417–418 (1981); see also Terry v. Ohio, If Kansas’ argument prevails, the NACDL argues, then innocent drivers of vehicles whose registered owners have revoked licenses may be pulled over multiple times a week, even though they are not breaking any laws.