Can a police officer order a driver to retrieve and present his license for examination?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Delacruz, B256759 (Cal. App. 2015):
Existing law does not limit an officer to the options described by appellant. "As observed in People v. Faddler [(1982)] 132 Cal.App.3d 607, 610, '"[i]n the ordinary situation where the safety of the officer or the public is not endangered thereby, a driver may himself retrieve and present his license for examination by an investigating police officer.'" But '[i]f officer safety warrants, . . . the officer may control the movements of
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