Legal Question in Criminal Law in Colorado

unlawful frisk

if an officer stops you to ask you to explain your actions, is it he and only he who has the right to frisk you? or does a 3rd party officer unaffiliated with the conversation have the right to frisk for his safety?


Asked on 3/17/08, 9:25 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Philip Rosmarin Rosmarin Law Firm

Re: unlawful frisk

I know he probably seems like a big butt-in, but a fellow officer is entitled to help at any stage of an investigatory stop or arrest or, for that matter, any kind of police work.

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Answered on 3/17/08, 11:01 pm


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