frisk a suspect

frisk a suspect
розм. обшукувати підозрюваного (особл. у пошуках зброї)

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  • frisk — vt: to run the hand rapidly over the outer clothing of (a suspect) for the purpose of finding concealed weapons compare search ◇ The purpose of frisking a suspect is to insure the safety of an officer making an investigation against concealed… …   Law dictionary

  • frisk — Contact of the outer clothing of a person to detect by the sense of touch whether a concealed weapon is being carried. People v. Francis, 1 Dept, 108 A.D.2d 322, 489 N.Y.S.2d 166. A pat down search of a suspect by police, designed to discover… …   Black's law dictionary

  • frisk — Contact of the outer clothing of a person to detect by the sense of touch whether a concealed weapon is being carried. People v. Francis, 1 Dept, 108 A.D.2d 322, 489 N.Y.S.2d 166. A pat down search of a suspect by police, designed to discover… …   Black's law dictionary

  • stop and frisk — n. The action by a police officer of stopping a person suspected to be armed and dangerous and running his or her hands over the outside of the suspect’s clothing to locate any concealed weapons. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing,… …   Law dictionary

  • stop and frisk — The situation where police officers who are suspicious of an individual run their hands lightly over the suspect s outer garments to determine if the person is carrying a concealed weapon. Also called a patdown or threshold inquiry, a stop and… …   Black's law dictionary

  • Reasonable suspicion — is a legal standard in United States law that a person has been, is, or is about to be engaged in criminal activity based on specific and articulable facts and inferences. It is the basis for an investigatory or Terry stop by the police and… …   Wikipedia

  • Frisking — or a patdown is a search of a person s outer clothing wherein a police officer or other law enforcement agent runs his or her hands along the outer garments to detect any concealed weapons or other contraband.In the case of Terry v. Ohio , 392… …   Wikipedia

  • Terry v. Ohio — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Terry v. Ohio ArgueDate=December 12 ArgueYear=1967 DecideDate=June 10 DecideYear=1968 FullName=John W. Terry v. State of Ohio USVol=392 USPage=1 Citation=88 S. Ct. 1868; 20 L. Ed. 2d 889; 1968 U.S. LEXIS 1345; 44 Ohio Op. 2d… …   Wikipedia

  • Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution — US Constitution article seriesThe Fourth Amendment (Amendment IV) to the United States Constitution is a part of the Bill of Rights. The Fourth Amendment guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, and was designed as a response to the… …   Wikipedia

  • Mark Ewert — Marcus Ewert, previously known as Marcus Ewert, is an American writer, actor and director, living in San Francisco.Marcus Ewert began making and appearing in films in the 1990s. He has worked with a number of notable and avant garde directors as… …   Wikipedia

  • Stop and Identify statutes — “Stop and identify” statutes are laws in the United States that require persons detained under certain circumstances to identify themselves to a police officer. [Although “police officer” is used throughout this article, most “stop and identify”… …   Wikipedia

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