Does a police officer have the authority to disarm a person who is carrying a dangerous weapon?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gagnon v. Ball, 696 F.2d 17 (2nd Cir. 1982):
4 We do not doubt that an officer, confronting a person carrying a dangerous weapon, may make an investigative stop, Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968), disarm the person, and ascertain whether the weapon is being lawfully carried.
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