Category
page 1Searches and seizures
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
1791 amendment prohibiting unreasonable searches and seizures
search
legal procedure by which the police commence search of an entity's property and seize/confiscate any relevant evidence
search warrant
type of court order authorizing police to forcibly search a private property for evidence
strip search
practice of searching a person for weapons or other contraband
thermal imaging camera
thermographic camera used for firefighting

frisking
upright|thumb|An evacuee is frisked before being airlifted out of Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans|New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Frisking (also called a patdown, pat down, or pat-down) is a search of a person's outer clothing wherein a person runs their hands along the outer garments of another to detect any concealed weapons or objects with them.
exclusionary rule
U.S. rule against evidence that came through a government violation of the defendant's constitutional rights
reasonable suspicion
low standard of proof which governs minor detentions and searches under United States law

search of persons
criminal law procedure