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The Terry Stop (also known as an
“Investigative Detention” or “Stop and
Frisk”) is the authority to conduct an
investigative detention and frisk of a
criminal suspect. It is arguably the most
significant piece of case law evolution
supporting officer safety and proactive
patrol and investigation in the twentieth
century. When properly applied, it
permits law enforcement officers and
agents to interdict a crime before it occurs
and allows them to protect themselves
from a potentially deadly assault in the
process. While this body of law traces its
roots to the 1968 Supreme Court case of
Terry v. Ohio,
1. there have been several
noteworthy developments in this body of
law over the last forty years, several in the
year 2000 alone. This article is intended
to serve as a brief overview of the current
state of the law for easy reference by
Federal law enforcement officers -
uniformed police or special agent.
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