I just came across the term "patfrisk," which seems to be almost exclusively a Massachusettsism, though the "pat frisk" (or "pat-frisk") version also appears with some frequency in New York and ...

NEW BEDFORD — In a narrow 4-3 decision, the state Supreme Judicial Court sided with the New Bedford Police Department relative to officers’ actions to frisk the occupants of a vehicle pulled over for ...

A Dutchess County inmate has pleaded guilty to promoting prison contraband after being found with a sharpened metal piece during a pat frisk at Fishkill Correctional Facility last May 5, according to ...

ALDEN, N.Y. — Two officers were attacked last week by an inmate at the Wende Correctional Facility during a routine pat frisk for contraband. According to the New York State Correctional Officers and ...

ROMULUS, N.Y. — The New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association says three inmates injured six officers, sending two to a local hospital, when they charged staff during a pat ...