This is suspicion based on facts or circumstances that justifies stopping and sometimes searching an individual thought to be involved in illegal activity.

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Reasonable suspicion is the legal standard that justifies a brief stop and frisk of a person by the police, based on specific and articulable facts that the person is involved in criminal activity. It is a lower standard than probable cause, which is required for a full arrest or search. The reasonable stop standard is not a recognized legal standard.

This Is Suspicion Based on Facts or Circumstances That Justifies