Stop and Frisk Law

Discussion Topic: Current Topics

Research current events related to the course topics covered in Units 1–3 and post at least three of these events to the Discussion Board. Within your posting, describe how your chosen items tie into a review of the course thus far. Be sure to use proper APA citation.

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Cornell Law School. (n.d.), defines stop and frisk as brief and non-intrusive stop by police in the event of suspect dealings. The Fourth Amendment empowers police to stop and search individuals provided they have reasonable suspicions that tie a person to a crime that has been or is about to be committed. On occasion that police have reasonable doubts that the suspect is dangerous and armed, they may conduct a brief frisk on the outer clothing of the suspect to look for arms. This frisk is also known as Terry stop was…

 

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