frisking
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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.
==U.S. law== In the United States, a law enforcement officer may briefly detain a person upon reasonable suspicion of involvement in a crime but short of probable cause to arrest; such a detention is known as a Terry stop. When a search for weapons is also authorized, the procedure is known as a stop and frisk. To justify the stop, a law enforcement officer must be able to point to "specific and articulable facts" that would indicate to a reasonable person that a crime has been, is being, or is about to be committed.