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... > social science subjects > politics and international relations > political science > American politics and society > Fourth Amendment > Fourth Amendment issues > protective sweeps and protective weapons searches

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protective sweeps and protective weapons searches  

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  • For some time, lower courts have recognized that police may be able to conduct quick protective sweeps in connection with arrests or in the presence of other exigent circumstances without a search warrant. Paul Joseph reports that in United States v. Vasquez (2d Cir. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Protective Sweeps and Protective Weapons Searches]

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