When police officers pull you over and request to search your vehicle giving the probable cause of the past witnesses description of a white van leaving the scene and the recent shooting that just happened in _____. You, as the driver, at this point have been told that they ARE going to search your vehicle And you have been notified of the probable cause as to why.
You step out of the vechile, and here's where the problem lies, the officer has a need to ensure his safety and in EVERY other place in the USA I know of this is accomplished by the officer doing a "perry search" or a pat down of your exterior of clothing. This is done to ensure you are not armed with knife or gun. That SHOULD be enough, anything else is pushing the limit of not just civil rights but SAFETY. Training a weapon on someone even if it is not your intent to fire is ASKING for an accident to happen. this tactic has been proved LEATHEL in an incident where an officer's gun "misfired" and killed unarmed and cooperative 11 year old boy face down standing over him with his shotgun pointed at the boys back.