Members of minorities remain far more likely to be the subject of a consent search, however, despite the decline in numbers.

He added, however, that the drop in consent searches may not tell the whole story.

However, consent searches are not an effective or productive tool in this endeavor.

Legislation banning consent searches is the right thing for New Jersey.

However, a defendant, under the Fifth Amendment, need not necessarily know of his right to object to a consent search.

Civil rights leaders say the dwindling number of consent searches is an indication that the practice should be outlawed completely.

Reasonable suspicion - anything the trooper can articulate before a judge - is enough to justify a consent search.

The sergeants will be required to review a trooper's reasons for a consent search, and then approve or reject them.

He also said he expected the number of consent searches to continue to decline.

We managed to get consent searches and blanket search warrants that covered everything except the Mayor's bedroom.