Id. As we explained in State v. Edwards , 307 Ga. App. 267, 704 S.E.2d 816 (2010), "if an officer stops an individual outside his home, requests a computer check on the individual, and is told that there is an outstanding arrest warrant for the individual, the officer may lawfully arrest the individual. ..." Id. at 271-272, 704 S.E.2d 816.

This information provided a reliable basis for a determination of probable cause to arrest, and the trial court erred by concluding that the failure of the State to produce a valid arrest warrant invalidated the arrest. See, e.g., State v. Edwards, 307 Ga.App. 267, 273(1), 704 S.E.2d 816 (2010) (physical precedent only) (suppression reversed because dispatcher's statement to officer that there was an outstanding arrest warrant provided the probable cause necessary to arrest). Judgment reversed.

(Emphasis supplied.) State v. Edwards, 307 Ga.App. 267, 271–272, 704 S.E.2d 816 (2010). The existence of probable cause authorizes a search incident to arrest, moreover, even if an officer believes that he is, at the moment the search is undertaken, detaining rather than arresting the person searched.