California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Porter, F063717 (Cal. App. 2013):
would be warranted in the belief that his safety ... was in danger"]; see Maryland v. Wilson (1997) 519 U.S. 408, 414 [The "danger to an officer from a traffic stop is likely to be greater when there are passengers in addition to the driver in the stopped car"].)
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