Stop
What are the 2 initial police action before investigating?
1. identify themselves
2. make reasonable inquiries
A frisk that goes past a pat down is?
Illegal
Reasonable suspision
Can a passanger in a car be asked to exit the vehicle?
YES
Police have the authority to stop people without probable cause as long as there is reasonable suspicion. The person may be frisked if there is concern for officers safety.
Terry v. Ohio
1. Criminal activity is about to take place or has taken place
2. The person who they are dealing with may be armed.
The one justification for confiscating anything, would be?
If an object could be considered a weapon
If an officer does find something during a stop and frisk they then do what with the object?
Seize it
If the officers believe that their are weapons in the car that are easily obtainable they can search?
Passanger Compartment
A frisk goes that goes beyond what is allowed in Terry v. Ohio in stop and frisk cases will be invalid.
Minnesota v. Dickerson
What justifies a stop?
Reasonable Suspicion
Going past the point of a frisk to see if there is usable evidence agaist someone one would be considered?
Fishing Expedition
What does a person have to be in order for a frisk to happen
In or around the vehicle
An officer may order a driver to exit their vehicle after a routine stop even if the officer has no reasonable suspicion.
Pennsylvania v. Mimms
______ Forbids unreasonable search and seizures
Fourth Amendment
If the officer while staying in the narrow limits of the frisk for weapons, feels what they have probable cause to believe is a weapon, contraband, or evidence, the officer my seize the object.
Plain Touch Doctrine
Reasonable Suspicion ranks higher then what?
Mere Suspicion
How long can a house sweep last?
No longer then it would takes to complete arrest
Even though the during the initial stop the suspect was fit to be a drug courier, the subsequent conduct of the police was more intrusive then necessry to carry out the limited investigation.
Florida v. Royer
Police action that relies alone on race, ethnicity or national origin of individual.
Racial Profiling
A frisk is limited to on pat down of a persons?
Outer Clothing
A frisk does not automatically follow a stop, true or false?
TRUE
If an officer believes that someone is in hiding in a house they are allowed to do a?
Protectie Sweep
Presence in high-crime area, combine with unprovoked fight upon observing police officers, gives officers sufficent grounds to investigate to further determine if criminal activity is about to take place.
Illinois v. Wardlow