The U,S, Supreme Court held a Terry stop amounts to a custodial arrest under the text of the Fourth Amendment.

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A Terry stop, as defined by the U.S. Supreme Court in Terry v. Ohio (1968), is a brief, investigatory stop that does not amount to a custodial arrest. It allows police to stop and frisk a person for weapons if they have reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in criminal activity, without needing to meet the higher standard of probable cause required for an arrest.

The U,S, Supreme Court Held a Terry Stop Amounts to a Custodial