context: Here, the evidence supporting the officers' reasonable suspicion that Mr. Hishaw was distributing drugs (i.e. his coming and going from the apartment named in the search warrant and the hand-to-hand contact observed outside the apartment) also indicated that he might be armed and dangerous.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 100 F.3d 1491, 1502
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that, during an investigatory detention, officers are authorized to take such steps as are reasonably necessary to protect their personal safety and to maintain the status quo
citation_a.sentence: See United States v. Shareef, 100 F.3d 1491, 1502 (10th Cir.1996) (holding that, during an investigatory detention, officers are authorized to take such steps as are reasonably necessary to protect their personal safety and to maintain the status quo); see also United States v. Sakyi, 160 F.3d 164, 169 (4th Cir.1998) (holding that “when the officer has a reasonable suspicion that illegal drugs are in the vehicle, the officer may, in the absence of factors allaying his safety concerns, order the occupants out of the vehicle and pat them down briefly for weapons to ensure the officer’s safety and the safety of others”); United States v. Perrin, 45 F.3d 869, 873 (4th Cir.1995) (noting that “it is certainly reasonable for an officer to believe that a person engaged in the selling of crack cocaine may be carrying a weapon for protection”); Unit ed States v. Anderson, 859 F.2d 1171, 1177 (3d Cir.1988) (concluding that an officer’s pat-down search of the occupants of a car was reasonable after the officer observed large amounts of money on the front seat, became suspicious that it might' be drug money, and was concerned for his safety “because persons involved with drugs often carry weapons”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 859 F.2d 1171, 1177
citation_b.parenthetical: concluding that an officer's pat-down search of the occupants of a car was reasonable after the officer observed large amounts of money on the front seat, became suspicious that it might' be drug money, and was concerned for his safety "because persons involved with drugs often carry weapons"
citation_b.sentence: See United States v. Shareef, 100 F.3d 1491, 1502 (10th Cir.1996) (holding that, during an investigatory detention, officers are authorized to take such steps as are reasonably necessary to protect their personal safety and to maintain the status quo); see also United States v. Sakyi, 160 F.3d 164, 169 (4th Cir.1998) (holding that “when the officer has a reasonable suspicion that illegal drugs are in the vehicle, the officer may, in the absence of factors allaying his safety concerns, order the occupants out of the vehicle and pat them down briefly for weapons to ensure the officer’s safety and the safety of others”); United States v. Perrin, 45 F.3d 869, 873 (4th Cir.1995) (noting that “it is certainly reasonable for an officer to believe that a person engaged in the selling of crack cocaine may be carrying a weapon for protection”); Unit ed States v. Anderson, 859 F.2d 1171, 1177 (3d Cir.1988) (concluding that an officer’s pat-down search of the occupants of a car was reasonable after the officer observed large amounts of money on the front seat, became suspicious that it might' be drug money, and was concerned for his safety “because persons involved with drugs often carry weapons”).