Jensen

I. BACKGROUND

A. Report of Jensen’s Reckless Driving

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on February 19, 2003, a private citizen saw a black 1987 Ford Taurus station wagon traveling in excess of 75 miles per hour driving northbound on High- way 93 in Flathead County, Montana. The speed limit in the area was 25 miles per hour. The citizen called 911 and reported that the vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed and “weaving in and out of traffic” in a reckless manner. He provided the dispatcher with a description of the car and the license number of the vehicle.

Thereafter, the Flathead County Sheriff’s Department issued an “attempt to locate” dispatch for a reckless, possibly 13846 UNITED STATES v. JENSEN drunk driver, reported by a concerned citizen, and that dis- patch was received by the police department in Kalispell. An “additional attempt to locate” was later issued and broadcast, which described the car more specifically as a black 1987 Ford Taurus and provided the license plate number.

At approximately 8:30 a.m., Sergeant Lonnie Eugene Cook of the Whitefish Police Department driving south on Highway 93, heard both the original “attempt to locate” dispatch…