(a) A peace officer may stop any person abroad, or in a public place, who the officer has reasonable ground to suspect is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime, and may demand the person's name, address, business abroad and destination.
(b) Any person so questioned who fails to give identification or explain the person's actions to the satisfaction of the officer may be detained and further questioned and investigated.
(c) The total period of detention provided for by this section shall not exceed 2 hours. The detention is not an arrest and shall not be recorded as an arrest in any official record. At the end of the detention the person so detained shall be released or be arrested and charged with a crime.
Structure Delaware Code
Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter 19. ARREST AND COMMITMENT; FRESH PURSUIT
Subchapter I. Arrest and Commitment
§ 1902. Questioning and detaining suspects.
§ 1903. Searching questioned person for weapon.
§ 1904. Arrest without warrant.
§ 1905. Validity of arrest on improper grounds.
§ 1906. Possession and display of warrant.
§ 1907. Summons instead of arrest; form; penalty for nonappearance.
§ 1908. Release of person arrested without warrant.
§ 1909. Hearing without delay; permissible delay.
§ 1910. Identification of witness.
§ 1911. Police officers; statewide authority.
§ 1912. Federal law-enforcement officers; authority; immunity.
§ 1913. Release and publication of the name and photograph of a juvenile.