about 2 days after someone broke into a store, a friend hitch-hiked to go to work. a cop car stopped and 2 cops approached him, and asked nicely for his i.d. and then they asked if it is ok to search his duffelbag "because of the burglary". while our friend didn't mind that, he felt terribly embarrassed because everyone else driving by saw this. most folks know one another here and people gossip.
question: is this legal? the police didn't have "probable cause". on the other hand, if this was the burglar, one more culprit would now be taken off the street.