Word: frisking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Supreme Court has ruled that a policeman may order you out of your car after stopping you for a traffic violation. In any case, it is usually wise to get out so that the officer can see you are not a threat. He may not frisk you unless he has a reasonable basis for believing that you are armed and dangerous. Erratic or menacing behavior, or a bulge in your pockets, could justify a frisk, but wearing a beard or unusual clothing cannot. If the officer does "pat you down," he may go into only those pockets where he feels...
...military rule, is hardly noticeable. The tanks are gone from the streets, the soldiers are back in their barracks, and television newscasters have hung up their ill-fitting military uniforms. Indeed, the most vivid reminder that Poles live in a state where the authorities can-and occasionally do-frisk, detain and arrest on sight is what cannot be seen any more: the once ubiquitous Solidarity pins on coat lapels and the political slogans that seemed to be scrawled on every available wall. But if the shock and fear of the first dark days of martial law have now passed...
...emergency measures to combat crime. The Miami city commission has budgeted $100,000 for an advertising program to attract 150 new police recruits. Though the Miami Beach city commission refused to approve a proposed 11 p.m. curfew, it did adopt a temporary ordinance that allows policemen to stop and frisk anyone suspected of having committed or intending to commit a crime. The commission also voted an interim ordinance against congregating "in a manner that blocks sidewalks or threatens the safety of property or persons," and closed the city's beaches and parks between 10 p.m. and sunrise during November...
...gatehouse. Searchlights sometimes follow him across the courtyard, closed-circuit TV cameras beam his image to half a dozen screens inside. Behind the electronically controlled door, credentials are checked again, cameras and tape recorders yielded. An electronic detection booth checks further for hidden weapons; Marines stand ready to frisk thoroughly. Finally, when a member of the embassy staff emerges to provide a personal escort, the thoroughly inhibited visitor is allowed to penetrate into the inner sanctum...