Search of persons

This article is about police searches performed on members of the public who have not been arrested and who are not held in detention. For police searches performed on these last, see Arrest § Powers of arrest. For searches of property rather than people, see Search and seizure.

Police officers in various jurisdictions have power to search members of the public, for example, for weapons, drugs and stolen property.

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