Performing searches and seizures based on less than probable cause is permitted. The Supreme Court agreed on this in order to satisfy both parties. From one hand, the officers have to encounter people with suspicious behavior. The risk of their lives and safety is always under question. The reasonable suspicion, being lesser than probable cause, does not intrudes the constitutional requirements based on the 4th Amendment: “An officer’s reasonable suspicion is sufficient to justify brief stops and detentions. To determine if the officer has met the standard to justify the seizure, the court takes into account the totality of the circumstances and examines whether the officer has a particularized and reasonable belief for suspecting the wrongdoing.
