Exam 4: Police Authority to Detain

A _____________ is a seizure of an individual that is strictly limited in time, duration, scope, and purpose.

If an officer observes an individual who he or she reasonably suspects to be dangerous, and that officer stops the individual to search for weapons, a(n) ________________ has taken place.

A(n) _______________ is a type of detention based upon a standard of probable cause.

A consensual encounter is a seizure.

Reasonable suspicion is less strict and demanding than the standard of probable cause.

Terry stops allow officers to stop an individual and conduct a search for any item.

Under the dictates of Terry v. Ohio, officers can detain and search luggage if they have a reasonable suspicion that the luggage contains contraband.

_______________ was a case in which the United States Supreme Court approved brief "stop-and-frisk" seizures to search for weapons.

The duration of a stop must be reasonably related to the _______________.