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Platapus, I guess I did misunderstand you because you said you need probable cause to stop someone and I thought I was correcting the misunderstanding. You don't have to articulate reasonable suspicion as 'anonymous' to a reporter. I'm sure a mechanic dummies up a lot of things when he is not talking shop with a fellow mechanic.

The scope of a Terry stop, is an investigatory stop, using the reasonable man doctorine. You may ask a person for their name, address other identifiers and their explanation of where they were, where were they going, and best of all, what were they doing just before you ruined their day. If things add up, have a nice day, if not, you can delve a bit further. I go home the same way I went to work and John Q has a story to tell at the bar.

Terry has further evolved into the 'plain feel' doctorine. States can legislate all they want. It's a supreme court decision about the fourth amendmant of the constitution. As things progress, so do interpretations of a document that is 200 years old.