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Frisking (also called a patdown or pat down) is a search of a person's outer clothing wherein a person runs their hands along the outer garments of another to detect any concealed weapons or objects. U.S. law
After stopping a person based upon the reasonable belief that the person might be engaged in unlawful activity, or following a routine encounter such as a traffic stop, the police in the United States may perform a cursory search of the persons outer clothing for their own safety. Terry v. Ohio. [3]
The police conducted a pat down search and discovered a revolver, and subsequently, two of the men were convicted of carrying a concealed weapon. [9] The men appealed their case to the Supreme Court, arguing that the search in which the revolver was found was illegal under the Fourth Amendment .
The growing controversy over intrusive U.S. airport security measures is more than just the punchline to an off-color joke. It comes on the eve of one of the busiest travel seasons in the U.S ...
The cases range from street stop-and-frisks to traffic stops in which pat-down searches could be conducted on the driver or passengers. In Michigan v. Long, [21] the Supreme Court ruled that car compartments could be constitutionally searched if an officer has reasonable suspicion that the suspect is armed and dangerous. The compartments are ...
The controversy over the new enhanced security procedures at U.S. airports is clearly getting more heated each day. FlyersRights.org, a passenger advocacy group, says it has been receiving 1,000 ...
The Transportation Security Administration has released changes to pat-downs at airports, which some travelers said resulted in more invasive screenings TSA rolls out new pat-downs, some travelers ...
Arizona v. Johnson, 555 U.S. 323 (2009), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held, by unanimous decision, that police may conduct a pat down search of a passenger in an automobile that has been lawfully stopped for a minor traffic violation, provided the police reasonably suspect the passenger is armed and dangerous.