Read the following excerpt from a US court opinion:
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may conduct a pat-down search (or “frisk”) if he or she “harbors an articulable and reasonable suspicion that the person is armed and dangerous.” Davis, 94 F.3d at 1468; see also United States v. Duncan, 131 F.3d 894, 898 (10th Cir.1997) (concluding that officers had a reasonable suspicion that the defendant was engaged in on-going criminal activity and therefore could order him to get out of car and conduct a pat-down search). Here, the evidence supporting the officers’ reasonable suspicion that Mr. Hishaw was distributing drugs (i.e. his coming and going from the apartment named in the search warrant and the hand-to-hand contact observed outside the apartment) also indicated that he might be armed and dangerous. See United States v. Shareef, 100 F.3d 1491, 1502 (10th Cir.1996) ; see also United States v. Sakyi, 160 F.3d
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What is the most suitable continuation to the opinion? Your options are:
A. holding that reasonable suspicion justifies an investigatory detention
B. holding that an officers diligent pursuit of an investigation during the detention is a factor in determining the reasonableness of an investigatory stop
C. holding that officer safety and other concerns authorize police officers to open car doors during an investigatory seizure
D. holding that personal injury settlement proceeds are disposable income to the extent that they are not reasonably necessary for the support of the debtors
E. holding that during an investigatory detention officers are authorized to take such steps as are reasonably necessary to protect their personal safety and to maintain the status quo
Reply with [A, B, C, D, E] only.