Matter of Hempstead Classroom Teachers Assn. v. Hempstead Union Free Sch. Dist.

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• officer’s knowledge of defendant’s previous arrests on drug charges was factor for consideration in justifying stop
• defendant’s previous arrest on drug charges was a factor properly considered in determining whether there was reasonable suspicion defendant was engaged in “drug activity”
• that defendant previously had been arrested on drug charges and was known to police was factor properly considered in justifying stop
• although stop of defendant was properly based on reasonable suspicion of drug activity, no reasonable safety concern supported frisk
• reasonable suspicion where, inter alia, officer \was familiar with the defendant as an individual who previously had been arrested on drug charges\
• defendant not seized when officers quickly approached him and engaged in short conversation

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