The additional step of frisking a suspect is a Fourth Amendment intrusion that requires justification apart from that required to stop the person.

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The Supreme Court in Terry v. Ohio established that a frisk, or a pat-down search for weapons, is a separate Fourth Amendment search that requires its own justification—reasonable suspicion that the person is armed and dangerous—beyond the justification needed to stop the person for questioning.

The Additional Step of Frisking a Suspect Is a Fourth