If an Officer, While Conducting a Pat-Down Search Under Terry

question 27

Multiple Choice

If an officer, while conducting a pat-down search under Terry, feels an object that he or she believes is an illegal narcotic, how should the officer proceed?

• A) The officer should continue the pat-down for weapons and, if a weapon is found, the officer can expand the search to explore whether the object is narcotics.
• B) The officer must limit his search to the parameters of Terry unless he or she is able to establish probable cause to believe that the object is an illegal narcotic.
• C) The officer should detain the suspect until he or she can obtain a search warrant authorizing a more extensive search of the individual.
• D) The officer can expand his or her search to parameters to those consistent with a search incident to an arrest.

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