Glossary / Stops, Detention & Rights / Terry frisk Terry frisk A limited pat-down for weapons, permitted when an officer reasonably suspects a detained person is armed and dangerous. It is for officer safety, not for finding evidence.
Commonly heard as “Do you have anything on you I should know about” More in Stops, Detention & Rights Read this first
Every term here is one that comes up in the United States, in the footage covered in the Atlas Ioka videos , explained as it is used on police radio, in reports and on camera. This is not legal advice and not a statement of law in any particular place: radio codes, offense definitions, testing procedure and evidentiary rules all vary between agencies and between states, so treat each entry as a starting point rather than an authority.
