But here’s the kicker: the officer hasn’t told you that. Thanks to a legal loophole called the “Terry stop,” they don’t have to. So, what’s a Terry stop? It’s legal jargon for ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court divided evenly over the question of whether a police officer had probable cause to conduct a so-called Terry stop on a man who was running away from the sound of ...

Cleveland police officers stop thousands of people every year, mostly to hand out traffic tickets. In 2023, the department reported making nearly 17,000 stops — about 45 a day. More than 700 of those ...

Stop and frisk has been used in Philadelphia for decades, and legal scholars say it’s never truly ended. The practice was formally established in the 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case Terry v. Ohio. It ...

“There is no place for unconstitutional stop and frisk,” she said. “Terry stops are what I wholeheartedly embrace as a tool that law enforcement needs, to make the public safety of our city their ...

That decision became a license for police in cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles to stop and frisk pedestrians, often exceeding even the latitude granted by Terry.

Per the law, and per NOPD’s Terry stop policy, “Officers may only conduct stops where there is reasonable suspicion that a person has engaged, is engaging, or is about to engage in criminal ...