In 2009, the Court extended the "stop-and-frisk" authority by ruling that a police officer could order a passenger in a car that had been pulled over for a traffic violation to submit to a pat-down.

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In the 2009 case of Arizona v. Johnson, the Supreme Court ruled that police officers, given reasonable suspicion that a passenger in a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation is armed and dangerous, have the authority to frisk the passenger for weapons.

In 2009, the Court Extended the "Stop-And-Frisk" Authority by Ruling