Sentences with phrase «briefly detain a person»

The name comes from Terry v. Ohio in which the Supreme Court held that police may briefly detain a person whom they reasonably suspect is involved in criminal activity; the Court also held that police may do a limited search of the suspect's outer garments for weapons if they have a reasonable and articulable suspicion that the person detained may be «armed and dangerous.»

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In the wake of such violence, people are drawn to the crime and to the township — Andrew Knox, Dove River's elder statesman; Thomas Sturrock, a wily American itinerant trader; Donald Moody, the clumsy young Company representative; William Parker, a half - breed Native American and trapper who was briefly detained for Jammett's murder before becoming Mrs. Ross's guide.

Often, the tourist has not tried to make any sort of purchase, only conversing briefly with the person soliciting, before being detained and fined.