Topic:4th Amendment exception to searches and seizures (Terry v. Ohio) what impact did Terry v. Ohio have on law enforcement officers? Hint: what have been the benefits or hindrance of Terry as it relates to officer safety?

Look at the original case. The officer got the weapons away from the people he thought were dangerous. That is certainly a benefit both to the safety of the officer and to the probable victim store.

However the wording is:

"the right of the people to be secure in their persons ..... against unreasonable searches ... and no warrant.... without probable cause ... "

seems to imply that an officer may not search a person without a warrant from a judge and the most liberal Justice (Douglas) said:

"We hold today that the police have greater authority to make a 'seizure' and conduct a 'search' than a judge has to authorize such action. We have said precisely the opposite over and over again."
"To give the police greater power than a magistrate is to take a long step down the totalitarian path. Perhaps such a step is desirable to cope with modern forms of lawlessness. But if it is taken, it should be the deliberate choice of the people through a constitutional amendment."