What is Terry stop?
{{unreferenced|date=November 2013}} In the [[United States]], a '''Terry stop''' is a when [[police]] stop a person and quickly check the person's clothes for [[gun]]s or [[Knife|knives]]. To do this action, the police officer has to have a good reason to think that the person may be involved in a [[crime]]. [[Category:Law enforcement in the United States]] [[Category:Law enforcement techniques]] {{US-stub}}