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As the officers patted down Flores, the lights on the Nissan blinked — which they assumed was because their frisk had pushed a key fob in Flores’ possession.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2024

He began his career as a lawyer before being elected to the New York state legislature, where he championed affordable housing and worked on policing issues, notably the controversial practice known as "stop and frisk."

From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2022

In an essay describing why he became a police officer, Rivera recalled the injustice of being pulled over in a taxi and seeing officers frisk his brother.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2022

“He even wrote his final research paper examining the effectiveness of proactive and reactive policing in reducing crime, discussing the effects of stop and frisk, and community policing in New York City,” she said.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2022

“Not in a moving vehicle,” the soldier says as he begins to frisk us.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

Team members, wearing modified uniforms and driving unmarked cars, conduct stops, frisks and searches in their assigned neighborhoods.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

The landmark case found that the Fourth Amendment is not violated when a police officer stops a suspect on the street and frisks them without probable cause.

From Fox News ● Feb. 11, 2020

Courts should use a similar jury instruction to encourage the police, whenever practicable, to record stops, frisks, and other encounters with civilians and to inform juries that accounts of nonrecorded encounters are less reliable.

From Slate ● Mar. 18, 2016

Later, a masked agent frisks the same suspect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2015

During the exit frisks, we’d find waffles stuffed inside pants and shirts.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

Police stopped, questioned and frisked those suspected of carrying weapons or casing a business, dissuading the ill-intentioned from packing guns while reducing shootings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026

The two officers checked De Zoysa's bag, his waistband and frisked his legs, but somehow they missed the gun in the holster under his arm.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2023

He was detained and frisked by officers based on the sheriff’s call to dispatchers.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2022

In Albany, he teamed up with Eric Adams, the future mayor of New York City, to ban the Police Department from maintaining a database of men its officers had stopped and frisked.

From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2022

Never once did the dogs exhibit any symptom of uneasiness, and even when we returned to the chapel they frisked about as though they had been rabbit-hunting in a summer wood.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Nervous students were met with biometric identification checks, metal detectors, armoured patrols and frisking at exam centres on Sunday morning.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026

The match has been designated a "high-risk" clash, with police enforcing special rules such as preventative frisking.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

As customers line up to enter the theater, the guards frisking them and checking their bags repeat one reminder: “Don’t put your feet on the seats.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

The TV audience’s response to the bit — which carried on into frisking presenters Josh Brolin and Jason Momoa per the Academy’s “protocol” — was mixed on Twitter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2022

He was too busy frisking a pile of seaweed.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen