E46| Speeding, sobriety screening & a safety search. Did ASD procedure properly prompt protective pat-down?

Legal Issues In Policing · Oct 2, 2023 · 44m

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In this episode, Mike discusses the Saskatchewan Court of King’s Bench decision R. v. McDonald, 2023 SKKB 180 where a police officer, as a prelude to placing a driver in the back of a police vehicle, conducted a protective pat-down before obtaining a roadside breath sample. Was this safety search incidental to the roadside breath test procedure reasonable? Or did it amount to a s. 8 Charter breach? Listen and learn.

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