• A search warrant can only be issued with reasonable suspicion.
• With probable cause, there is actual knowledge that a crime has been committed; with reasonable suspicion, there is not actual knowledge.
• Reasonable suspicion is actual knowledge that a crime has been committed, and probable cause means that a crime has probably been committed.
• Probable cause is the level of evidence schools need, but police need to have reasonable suspicion
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The correct difference is: With probable cause, there is actual knowledge that a crime has been committed; with reasonable suspicion, there is not actual knowledge.
Probable cause requires a higher standard of evidence and is necessary for obtaining search warrants or making arrests, while reasonable suspicion is a lower standard that allows law enforcement to investigate or stop and question a person based on specific and articulable facts.
