Some friends and I were talking about how you cannot refuse an officer to search your vehicle when pulled over. I say you can, my brother did it in Arkansas on the way home from my grandparents one time. We had a big white cooler in the truck bed with a few watermelons and other various items and the officer said he wanted to take a look in the cooler. My brother told him what was in there and he said he still wanted to take a look. My brother said i dont give you authorization to look in the cooler and sure the officer was aggitated but he didnt look in it.
The question is, if i get pulled over in TN (lets say on the way to a friends house after work at night) and i get pulled over and an officer wants to search my backpack which i always carry with me (i always have a spare change of clothes, snacks, medicine, etc.), can i refuse him?
The question is, if i get pulled over in TN (lets say on the way to a friends house after work at night) and i get pulled over and an officer wants to search my backpack which i always carry with me (i always have a spare change of clothes, snacks, medicine, etc.), can i refuse him?