protective search

A search of a detained suspect and the area within the suspect’s immediate control, conducted to protect the arresting officer’s safety (as from a concealed weapon) and often to preserve evidence.

• A protective search can be conducted without a warrant. Chimel v. California, 395 U.S. 752, 89 S.Ct. 2034 (1969).

— Also termed search incident to arrest; Chimel search (sh[schwa]-mel). [Cases: Arrest 63, 63.5(8); Searches and Seizures 70. C.J.S. Arrest § 40; Searches and Seizures §§ 88–89.]

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