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[[Police]] officers in various jurisdictions have '''power to search members of the public''', for example, for weapons, drugs and stolen property.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reiss|first1=Albert J.|title=The Police and the Public|date=1971|publisher=Yale University Press|location=New Haven, Connecticut|isbn=9780300016468|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ErEylE6PUgC|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref> This article concerns searches of members of the public who have not been [[arrest|arrested]] and who are not held in [[detention of suspects|detention]]. For search powers in relation to those persons see [[Arrest#Search on arrest|Search on arrest]] and [[Detention of suspects#Searches in detention|Searches in detention]]. For searches of property, rather than people, see [[search and seizure]].<br />
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==England and Wales==<br />
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[[Police]] powers in [[England]] and [[Wales]], allowing police officers to search members of the public for weapons, drugs, stolen property, [[terrorism]]-related evidence or evidence of other [[crimes]] are known as '''stop and search''' powers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Police powers to stop and search: your rights|url=https://www.gov.uk/police-powers-to-stop-and-search-your-rights|website=Gov.UK|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref><br />
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==United States==<br />
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Searches in the United States are governed by the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which generally requires that the police obtain a warrant before a search is legally permissible. However, certain exceptions to the warrant requirement exist.<br />
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After stopping a person based upon the reasonable belief that the person might be engaged in unlawful activity, or following a routine encounter such as a traffic stop, the police in the [[United States]] may perform a cursory search of the persons outer clothing for their own safety. [[Terry v. Ohio]].<ref name="terry">{{cite web|title=Terry v. Ohio, 392 US 1, 88 S. Ct. 1868, 20 L. Ed. 2d 889 (1968)|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17773604035873288886|website=Google Scholar|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref> However, unless the object is reasonably identified by feel as a possible weapon or contraband, they may not remove objects from pockets, as that would constitute a search. [[Minnesota v. Dickerson]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Minnesota v. Dickerson, 508 US 366, 113 S. Ct. 2130, 124 L. Ed. 2d 334 (1993)|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7218526854673273191|website=Google Scholar|accessdate=11 September 2017}}</ref> When performing a pat-down following a Terry stop that results in the officer identifying a weapon by feel, a police officer is allowed to remove the weapon from the person's clothing.<ref name="terry"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Proactive policing]]<br />
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