the stop and frisk policy was started in 1968.
the stop and frisk policy was started in 1968.
when was the stop and frisk policy started?
1968
in certain situations, law enforcement may perform a search when they have a reasonable suspicion of criminal activity, even if it falls short of probable cause necessary for an arrest. under "terry v. ohio" (1968), law enforcement officers are permitted to conduct a limited warrantless search on a level of suspicion less than probable cause under certain circumstances. in "terry", the supreme court ruled that when a police officer witnesses "unusual conduct" that leads that officer to reasonably believe "that criminal activity may be afoot", that the suspicious person has a weapon "and" that the person is presently dangerous to the officer or others, the officer may conduct a "pat-down search" (or "frisk") to determine whether the person is carrying a weapon. this detention and search is known as a "terry" stop. to conduct a frisk, officers must be able to point to specific and articulable facts which, taken together with rational inferences from those facts, reasonably warrant their actions. as established in "florida v. royer" (1983), such a search must be temporary, and questioning must be limited to the purpose of the stop (e.g., officers who stop a person because they have reasonable suspicion to believe that the person was driving a stolen car, cannot, after confirming that it is not stolen, compel the person to answer questions about anything else, such as the possession of contraband).
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the chicago police department has also been criticized for its liberal use of the controversial "stop-and-frisk" policy. for decades, the policy gave officers much more autonomy to conduct stops and pat-down's if there exists a reasonable suspicion that a suspect might be armed and dangerous. the aclu has claimed that the policy unfairly targets african americans, who accounted for nearly 75% of those stopped in 2014, even though they account for a third of the city's population. the chicago police department confiscated almost 7000 firearms in 2014, about 583 per month. the stop-and-frisk policy was largely abandoned by cpd in early 2016.
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