 Police are not required to conduct a search in a way that gives the individual an opportunity to revoke consent, as determined in "United States v. Rich", where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected the argument that “officials must conduct all searches in plain view of the suspect, and in a manner slowly enough that he may withdraw or delimit his consent at any time during the search.”

Oftentimes an officer will have neither reasonable suspicion to stop an individual nor probable cause to arrest that person.A common tactic is to engage in conversation with the individual in an attempt to get them to incriminate themselves.This can, possibly, include a consent search.