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‘Criminal activity’ needed before police can frisk for weapons

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//August 7, 2014//

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‘Criminal activity’ needed before police can frisk for weapons

‘Criminal activity’ needed before police can frisk for weapons

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//August 7, 2014//

Police cannot frisk someone they stop and question absent some “reasonable suspicion that criminal activity is afoot,” the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Thursday. In a unanimous decision affirming the right...

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Tags: Reasonable suspicion, Rebecca White Berch, Constitution, gun, Police, Arizona Supreme Court, Firearm

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