(a) Temporary Questioning. A peace officer, having identified himself or herself as a peace officer, may stop any person in a public place for a reasonable period of time when such person is wearing known gang colors, emblems or other gang insignia, or appears to be engaged in communicating gang-related messages through the use of hand signals or other means of communication, or as otherwise provided by law, and the officer reasonable infers from the totality of the circumstances that the person is committing, is about to commit, or has committed, any offense prohibited by the State of Illinois Criminal Code of 1961, as amended, or this Code. Once stopped, the officer may demand the name and address of the person and an explanation of his or her actions. Such detention and temporary questioning will be conducted in the vicinity of the place where the person was stopped.
(b) Weapons Pat-Down. When a peace officer has stopped a person for temporary questioning pursuant to subsection (a) hereof and the officer reasonable suspects that he or she or any other person is in danger of attack, he or she may patdown the person for weapons. If an officer discovers a weapon, he or she may take it until the completion of the questioning, at which time he or she shall return the weapon if it may be lawfully possessed, or shall arrest the person so questioned and seize any weapons.
(Ord. 774. Passed 12-28-92.)