It means that the cops were keeping you under their control for the time being, pending completion of a search of your car. #
7 Answers · Education & Reference · 09/10/2008
Detained means to stop your freedom of movement. Compliant means cooperative...
7 Answers · Politics & Government · 25/10/2009
Being detained is when the police handcuff you or lock you in their car or put you in...
1 Answers · Politics & Government · 30/04/2012
A detention means that the person has not been arrested... might not even know that they're being detained (e.g., when an officer suspects a crime and ...
3 Answers · Politics & Government · 12/05/2012
There are two different options here. 1. Detain = A person in custody. Currently in the facility. 2. Detain ...
4 Answers · Politics & Government · 01/12/2013
...a law library and look it up in the statute books. Generally, it means any time the police or other law enforcement authority have halted you, but you ...
2 Answers · Education & Reference · 23/09/2009
...effect, that you are being detained . That means , of course, that you were not free...officer might be justified in forcibly detaining an innocent person who starts to...
9 Answers · Politics & Government · 08/11/2017
...i,e He/she was declared insane and ordered to be detained in a mental hospital at Her Majesty's pleasure
3 Answers · Society & Culture · 10/05/2011
...example: Please rate this answer on a scale of 1 to 10, where "1" means , "You're completely wrong!" and "10" means , "...
2 Answers · Education & Reference · 02/08/2010
Lets say you 15 year old when you murder someone. You are too young to be hanged so instead you are detained under President's Pleasure.
1 Answers · Politics & Government · 08/02/2009
