WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — If an officer pulls you over with a K-9 unit and suspects drugs are in the car, you must get out and let them search.
A recent Florida Supreme Court ruling says this does not violate your Fourth Amendment right to deny a search and its within officer guidelines to ask you to get out.
Some were still concerned this violates a person’s Fourth Amendment rights, which protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
However, we spoke with a personal injury attorney who says this new ruling doesn’t violate those rights, but could actually help keep officers safe.
“That greatly reduces risk, not only for the police officer, but for the person in the vehicle. It lessens the…
