The following excerpt is from Abe A., Matter of, 437 N.E.2d 265, 452 N.Y.S.2d 6, 56 N.Y.2d 288 (N.Y. 1982):
Pragmatically put, "There is no constitutional right to be arrested. The police are not required to guess at their peril the precise moment at which they have probable cause to arrest a suspect * * *. Law enforcement officers are under no constitutional duty to call a halt to a criminal investigation the moment they have the minimum evidence to establish probable cause, a quantum of evidence which may fall far short of the amount necessary to support a criminal conviction." (Hoffa v. United States, 385 U.S. 293, 310, 87 S.Ct. 408, 417, 17 L.Ed.2d 374.)
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