Originally Posted by MakeMeGrrrrowl

I really can't imagine male cops can strip search a woman without a female cop present.

Here is part of an answer I found.

Strip search? No, only in a defined emergency (prison riot or something like that). Strip searches of females are generally only done by females with no males present. If a female resists a strip search by force, male officers can be called in to restrain her while female officers conduct the actual search. This is a big policy issue and a definite no-no for males...they strip search only in the exceptions I mentioned.