Switzerland. Geneva. A police officer search the belongings of a convict man who got arrested while selling drugs in the streets. The prisoner is handcuffed and stands close to the " Batiments des Forces Motrice s". Modern architecture and the Rhone river. Swan and ducks swimm in the water. The inmate is an arab man from the Maghreb area. A frisk search (also called a patdown or pat down) is a search of a person's outer clothing wherein a person runs his or her hands along the outer garments to detect any concealed weapons or contraband. 3.05.12 © 2012 Didier Ruef..