The applicant sought Charter relief arising from a brief roadside stop during a police search for escaped youths.
The court held the officers had articulable cause to stop the truck to determine whether its occupants were the missing youths, and that the detention was justified under the common law investigative detention power.
After the officers observed the driver switch seats with a rear passenger, the court found there were fresh grounds for a regulatory detention and licence inquiry under the Highway Traffic Act.
Although the Crown conceded a s. 10(b) breach and abandoned reliance on the applicant's admission, the application was dismissed.
