From your description of events, the officer did not conduct a “routine traffic stop.” In fact, it was not traffic related at all. It sounds like the officer was detaining you and your husband to investigate a report of trespassing or maybe even burglary. You seem to place great importance to the fact that you were on “private property.” However, I’m betting it was not YOUR private property nor any property that you had any legal or legitimate reason for entering in the first place! The stop, detention, and subsequent arrest sounds (to me) completely legit, legal, and appropriate.

