Whether an officer can conduct unrelated investigations during a traffic stop

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether an officer can spend his time conducting unrelated investigations, ‘ such as a dog sniff, while he is waiting for the results of a twelve minute criminal history investigation. 2. Whether the Tenth Circuit’s holding, “it is reasonable for officers to run Triple I checks through dispatch as part of a routine traffic stop,” is in conflict : with the list of “ordinary inquiries incident to the traffic stop” that the ; Supreme Court authorized. . 8. Whether a motorist’s out-of-state license plates can give an officer reasonable suspicion to conduct a twelve-minute criminal history investigation during an enforcement project where only out-of-state drivers were stopped. 4. Whether the use of a twelve-minute criminal history check can be justified as a necessary officer safety precaution in the absence of any evidence that the officer was concerned for his safety.