Using your computer or podcast player listen to"Reasonable Suspicion" from The Briefing Room podcast.

Today's briefing is aboutTerry v. Ohio, the 1968 U.S. Supreme Court case that set the standards for when a police officer has reasonable suspicion to stop and frisk someone. Our detectives talk about the arrests that led to the court case, what it decided is and is not permissible, and the differences between detaining and arresting someone. Detectives Dan and Dave offer real world examples of how this works, too.

After you have listened to the episode, please answer the following questions in full sentences/paragraphs:

1. How does theTerry v. Ohio(1963, 1967) case relate to police work? explain fully.
2. What is reasonable suspicion under the law? What would an officer have to prove to court that the stop was valid (be sure you listed to the full episode before you attempt to answer this question)? How is it different than probable cause?
3. Why should police be allowed to pat down suspects in a "Terry stop"? How is a pat down search different than other types of police searches?
4. What is Terry doing that causes him to be stopped by police? Do you agree with Police stopping him? explain.
5. What part of the Police behavior is questioned in the stop of Terry?
6. In the motion to suppress, what evidence is the defense trying to suppress and on what grounds?
7. How does the case end up in the US Supreme Court? What is the argument being made by the defense? What is the ultimate ruling by the Supreme Court? Did they side with the State or Terry?
8. In the example Dave talks about, what part of his second encounter with the "midnight walker" causes the encounter to escalate to a "Terry stop"? Why did his first encounter NOT qualify as a "Terry stop"?
9. What is a "FI" card?
10. The ruling also discusses the basic tenets of the social contract. Explain how the social contract can be understood in the context of a "Terry stop".
11. What was going on in New York that was a criticism of stop-and-frisk/ "Terry stops"?