Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The police had reasonable suspicion to permit them to stop and detain the defendant for the few minutes that Police Officer Cooper needed to arrive from around the corner and identify him as the driver of the stolen car ( see People v. Pines, 99 NY2d 525, 527; People v. Lynch, 285 AD2d 518; People v. Wilson, 225 AD2d 568; People v. Thomas, 195 AD2d 489; see generally People v. De Bour, 40 NY2d 210, 223).