CdwJava
Senior Member
It probably was an innocent mistake, but that does not prevent the police from detaining someone to investigate further since passing counterfeit money IS a crime, it will warrant further investigation to determine where it came from and whether the subject passing the funny money did so knowingly.It was an innocent mistake.
Actually, from a legal perspective, they did NOT "detain" him. They DELAYED him, but as they exerted no force and did not in any way compel him to remain, no detention occurred.No, McDonalds did not arrest him, they just detained him and called the police.
Since he was not booked or issued a criminal citation, it would seem he was not technically arrested. He was detained - in handcuffs, even - but it was a detention all the same. The fact that he was released at the scene and informed someone might contact him later lends credence to this as a detention only.And YES, he was handcuffed and placed under arrest (guess some of you really didn't understand I mentioned that before). When a policeman tells you that you are under arrest, I would tend to believe him. Does this give the police the right to go through his wallet and money without a search warrant because they did.
That might be the bank's policy and it is probably in place for the safety of the staff and the customers. But, all because his bank might not do either does NOT mean they could not do so if they chose to.I don't believe my friend that works at the bank is wrong when he tells me his policies at the bank that he has worked for 7 years would not call the police or detain you on counterfeit money.
It is often better to have too many than too few cops at a scene. And, as an officer that has worked in big cities and is now a supervisor in a small one, I like it when we are slow enough for a lot of people to show up at aThis happened in a small town where the police have nothing to do so the whole department shows up. I thought they were small town hicks but after reading some of your comments, my judgement was wrong again about some.
not-too-serious call. It shows that we are a pretty quiet community.