True. Police officers generally need reasonable suspicion in order to frisk a person. This is based on the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. Reasonable suspicion means that the officer must have a justifiable reason to believe that the person may be armed and dangerous or may pose a threat to the officer's safety.
True. In order to frisk a person, police officers generally need to have reasonable suspicion that the person is armed and dangerous. Reasonable suspicion is a lower standard than probable cause, which is required for a full search. Reasonable suspicion is based on specific and articulable facts that would lead a reasonable police officer to believe that the person may be armed and pose a threat.
True. In most cases, police officers must have reasonable suspicion in order to frisk a person. Reasonable suspicion is a legal standard that requires officers to have specific and articulable facts to believe that a person may be armed and dangerous. This standard is necessary to conduct a frisk/search on an individual in compliance with the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
