Concept information
Preferred term
protective sweeps and protective weapons searches
Definition
- For some time, lower courts have recognized that police may be able to conduct quick protective sweeps in connection with arrests or in the presence of other exigent circumstances without a search warrant. Paul Joseph reports that in United States v. Vasquez (2d Cir. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Protective Sweeps and Protective Weapons Searches]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/protective_sweeps_and_protective_weapons_searches
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