2007-08-18 16:46:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
they are not able to strip a member of the opposite sex
2007-08-18 16:58:38 · answer #1 · answered by charlsyeh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, an officer of the opposite sex CANNOT strip search someone of the opposite sex.
However, a female officer can search a male subject on the street and vice versa. For officer safety, that isn't a huge issue. If a male officer is available for a regular search, that is preferred.
2007-08-18 17:12:52 · answer #2 · answered by My girls love the Packers too! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Should lesbians be allowed to strip search female suspects?
Should gay men be allowed to strip search male suspects?
How do you know?
I believe there needs to be a witness of the other gender.
This is for everyone protection.
Consider you working late at the office, just you and one other person. Later that one other person makes accusation of sexual harrassment by you. You know you are innocent, but he said she said, very difficult to prove the negative. But if there are 3 people working late at the office, there is a witness that nothing happend, or something happened.
Same thing in jail setting. Accusations fly about allegedly corrupt jail officers who behaved inappropriately. They can be protected from this by always having a fellow officer, of other gender, around when doing certain duties.
2007-08-19 17:30:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For obviously legal reasons , they don't strip search members of the opposite sex.Members of the same sex do that.
2007-08-18 23:57:17 · answer #4 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, so long as another person witnesses and the officer (not the suspect) is video taped as evidence in case a claim is file against that officer. As an officer I don't want to wait to ensure myself and those around me are safe. If a female officer is the only person around to conduct the search or vice versa then I don't want to give that suspect time to pull out any weapons he or she may be hiding. But unfortunately politics favor a persons privacy and comfort over the safety of those around.
2007-08-18 18:58:26 · answer #5 · answered by al l 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HELL NO! I hate the way there is such a double standard in most jails about this subject. In Charlote, NC, at the jail male detention officers cannot work in a female pod of cells, yet females can work in male pods. I have been in jail, unfortunately, and I have personally experienced female detention officers checking us while we were in the showers. That would NEVER happen in a female pod of prisoners.
2007-08-18 16:58:56 · answer #6 · answered by davemanBme 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
what's fair for the goose is fair for the gander.
Meaning:
if one gender is allowed to strip search the other then it has to be allowed both ways. None of this it's okay for women to search men but not for men to search women.
2007-08-20 10:19:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No it only asks for more trouble than it is worth. There will always be some that says he or she was sexually assaulted to try to get out of a charge.
2007-08-18 17:43:56 · answer #8 · answered by Steven C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no there is to much room for liability.......
why ask for trouble
People are deserving of respect and are innocent unless other wised proved in a court of law..
If i was ever in any trouble i would have a problem with a guy searching me........
2007-08-18 17:56:48 · answer #9 · answered by tennessee 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i dont think it would be required to strip search
2007-08-18 17:33:50 · answer #10 · answered by falconefever2001 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋