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Task: Seizure Based on Reasonable Suspicion
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Illinois v. Wardlow, 528 U.S. 119 (2000).
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The unprovoked flight of a citizen upon seeing a police officer, while

in a high crime area, is sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion

to make an investigatory stop.

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• Officer must be able to articulate factors, beyond mere flight, in

order to justify stop.

• In this case, Court found articulation of “high crime” area sufficient
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when coupled with other factors.

• In a footnote, the Court asserted that it was not deciding whether a

frisk would be justified under these circumstances.
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