Introduction

Ari Armstrong: Our guest today is Mark Silverstein, an attorney with the ACLU of Colorado. He says police detentions and teary frisks are a complex area of law. The purpose of that allowance of a frisk is to preserve the officer's safety, he says. But this isn't specifically legal advice for anyone's concrete legal issues,. For specific questions, people should consult a qualified attorney, so please don't consider this personal legal advice.