What is the test for a police officer to determine whether a person is a person subject to PRCS?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Burroughs, C088032 (Cal. App. 2020):

officer's belief in the subject's status as a person subject to PRCS must be objectively reasonable in the totality of the circumstances. (People v. Douglas, supra, at p. 865.)

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