1105.) A peace officer's reasonable suspicion of a person to commit or conspire to commit a crime is sufficient to allow the individual in question to be detained for questioning.
1106.) If a peace officer is under reasonable suspicion of an individual being armed, they may engage in a Terry Frisk, specifically looking for firearms by an outer pat-down of the individuals exterior clothing.
1107.) Exigent Circumstances is defined as, “circumstances that would cause a reasonable person to believe that entry (or other relevant prompt action) was necessary to prevent physical harm to the officers or other persons, the destruction of relevant evidence, the escape of the suspect, or some other consequence improperly frustrating legitimate law enforcement efforts.” It may be used by officers in any circumstance, that meets the definition of exigent circumstance.
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