The supreme court ruled in Terry vs Ohio that an officer can perform a weapons patdown on a person when the officer has reasonable suspicion. Reasonable Suspicion is more than a hunch and less than probable cause. Let me illustrate: a person is walking down the street and an officer tells them to get up against the wall and spread their legs. What if the person objects to this because the person believes the officer has no reasonable suspicion and says to the officer with all due respect officer What is the reasonable suspicion for you to pat me down. If the officer does not tell the person the reasonable suspicion, does the officer still have the right to pat the person down for weapons regardless.

