stop-and-search

Definitions

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to laws or policing practices, found in some jurisdictions, which permit…

   Of or pertaining to laws or policing practices, found in some jurisdictions, which permit a law enforcement officer to temporarily detain and search a member of the public based on the officer's suspicions.

   • Adding to the department's problems is a long-running controversy over a stop-and-search policy that includes random searches of young black men.
   • The high court renewed its decision to throw out evidence in a 1992 Montgomery County traffic stop-and-search case that uncovered a small amount of marijuana and a methamphetamine pill.
   • Both parties support ‘stop and search’ – also known as ‘sus’ laws. Under these laws, the police can stop anyone under ‘reasonable’ suspicion that they could commit a crime.
2. 2

   A police action of this type.

   • Read literally, he simply ruled that a cop made a bad collar, a stop-and-search without "reasonable suspicion."

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