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    Question: Can a male officer pat down a female suspect?

    Answer: Depends. Most police departments have policies regarding male officers searching female suspects and female officers searching male suspects. If it is just a pat down on the outside of the clothes, then the officer probably can do it regardless of the sex of the officer or the suspect.

    Many officers will use the back of their hand to do the pat down on an opposite sex suspect, and that may be their departments policy. In smaller departments, there may not be a same sex officer available to do a pat down of a suspect.

    If the search is more extensive than just a pat down of the outer clothing, then most police departments require same sex officers to do the search, or they will get assistance from jail personnel if that is available.

    There is no law requiring same sex officers to do pat down type searches.
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    11 thru 14 of 14 comments     1   2  [ 3 ]   
    On 01/20/03
    N from TX said:
    I don't think any male officer should have the right to search female suspects. It is strait out sexual harassment. If a man where to touch a woman in an uncomfortable way we would call it sexual harassment. Just because they are Police officers it doesn't mean that they have any special privilages to do the same thing. They can ALWAYS radio for a Female officer. I think that this should be taken seriously, because from what I've heard, Male officers are going a little further more than just a Pat down. I live in El Paso, Tx. And our Police officers are doing more HARASSING than PROTECTING.
    On 09/13/02
    Shannon from NY said:
    Not only did a male police officer pat me down( i am a female) but he liftred up my pant legs and handcuffed me and didn't even end up writing me a ticket. Since when do you get handcuffed in ordewr for a police officer to write a ticket? This is ridiculous.
    On 02/25/02
    art from AZ said:
    Lets think about this..What if the same sex officer was gay, how would you feel about that?
    On 02/20/02
    Kay from AZ said:
    I think that there shouldn't be a law ( there isn't yet but..) but it is easier for the suspect to have a same sex officer to pat them down.
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