Can Male Cops strip search a female? This just happened to my friend
 

I recently bought a girlfriend a ticket to come visit but she was kicked off the plane for being too intoxicated. She was strip searched by Male cops, sexually harassed, taunted humiliated and held in a jail cell for 5 hours. They also man handled her and she has bruises to prove it. What would you do? It happened in Canada where she is from. I live in America so Im sure my legal recourse is limited but at the very least I would like to get a refund on the flight. :helpme

Didn't you just answer your own question?
Can and did!

Maybe she shouldn't have gotten so intoxicated.

I'm guessing she was probably verbally abusive and obnoxious towards airline officials and police in her drunken state?

Do you have video of this? Yes please.

Nice you are dating a drunk. Here's an idea: have this chick NOT show up drunk at the airport, get kicked off a plane, then 'manhandled' by Police. I am sure she was totally cooperative and not belligerent in any way. LOL

Waiting for the triple anal scene.

All kidding aside.....

First off, your girlfriend shouldn't have gotten intoxicated. I've done this before myself and was lucky I didn't get kicked off the flight. Security is very tight at airports and airplanes; It's really not a place to be screwing around.

Can male officers strip search her? I believe they can. There is no law that says a woman cannot be searched by a man, although generally speaking policy would be to have a woman search another woman.

I also doubt you will get a refund for your flight. Most likely your girlfriend got drunk, made an ass out of herself, and mouthed off the officers. She's going to say "I did nothing wrong" and they are going to say she was drunk in public, was a nuisance, and when they tried to shut her up she mouthed off at them and pushed or shoved them and it quickly went down hill from there. I'm not saying your girlfriend a is a bad person or anything but sometimes we get stupid when we get drunk.

I don;t know the whole story yet but let's assume the worse. Let;s assume she was a total drunk idiot and deserved to be thrown off. That still doesn't give the Police license to break the law. I can't imagine it being legal for male cops to be able to strip search a female.

YEah....you're probably right but I don't want to jump to conclusions either. I am a firm believer in not fucking with the Police and if you do you deserve what's coming to you. I guess I need to read the Police Report to really get a clear view of what happened.

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.

First you asked the question in your thread title.

Then you blindly conjecture it's illegal for male cops to strip search a female - without even knowing for sure.

What you can or can't "imagine" is irrelevant.

Google it.

she was drunk and acting a fool and you want a refund??? :helpme :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh man she may have charges pending id just let it go :2 cents::2 cents: she was held 5 hours to sober up :2 cents: better she was caught there than me posting your murder article :2 cents::2 cents: :Oh crap

Get a new girlfriend. :)

:2 cents::2 cents: :pimp

That's what I thought but who knows when it comes to Canadian law.

That doesn't really matter. It doesn't give Police the right to abuse their power. (Allegedly)

blah blah she shouldn't of done this or that...whatever. what happened to her is illegal and if she gets a good lawyer will get a good payday.

you dont know what cause her to be arrested! maybe she was combative :2 cents:

No, male cops cannot strip search a chick. You actually believe a drunk chick's story?

:1orglaugh yes they can!

The police can pat down the outside of your clothing for weapons any time you are in their presence if they think you are armed. This is usually done on a routine basis if you are detained or arrested. Police are only allowed to do a limited search, or ?pat down? outside of your clothing under

I'm not sure you know the definition of a strip search. :1orglaugh

i dont believe you :1orglaugh

It takes a lot to get removed from an airplane. If she was that drunk, I would be highly suspicious of anything she said. She sounds like trouble, consider the lost money payment for saving you a few days of frustration. ;-)

She was kicked off the plane for being too drunk and for the danger she presented through her behavior... yet a victim all the way. Interesting. Drunk and unruly to the point of causing a public disturbance or to the point of being kicked off an airplane and "full of shit" tend to go hand in hand. Sounds to me like she needs an intervention for alcoholism.

Taken at face value she is golden. Get a lawyer.

We need a video of this :P

Can't be sure since it was Canada, but I believe in the US is it illegal for a male officers to strip search a female although I think the law can vary from state to state.

check the laws

It is perfectly legal for a male officer to search a female detainee, and vice versa. Well...female officer, male detainee.

I'm disturbed by how many people in this thread think totalitarianism is awesome.

I know some of you are old enough to remember when flying was a luxury and you got customer service at the airport. Were all the authority cheerleaders just too broke to fly?

That is awful that happened to your girlfriend, mahoney. I hope she is able to document what happened and someone at least attempts to make it right.

Another proud moment in our countries history.

Better than getting tazed bro

No offense Amelia, but I can remember a time when ladies behaved like ladies. By the OPs description she was anything but. Alcohol does that to a person.

Was she detained by police or customs agents?
In Canada, the same as USA, officers must be female or have female present, during strip search. But if warranted, strip searches are allowed.


You need to get more exact information. You can contact Canadian border services agency and find out their regulations once you have all the facts in the case.

May be laws and rules differ from region to region but all that I know is the male officers are normally not supposed to do things like these. But its difficult to say under what circumstances this happened.

On the contrary, are you 100% sure that your GF is not lying?

Are there any eye witnesses who saw this happen?

Is your GF suing them?

I agree. Fuck with the police and they fuck you back.

I got pulled over in a full felony stop once and although I had done nothing wrong than speeding and I had to eat a little bit of gravel.... My face was roughed up a bit.

I chalked it up to my own stupidity and hoped I didn't get it in the rump when I went to court a month later.

Another cop story where the person arrested "Din do Nuffin"


PS, next time ship her by Greyhound.


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What the hell does a pat down have to do with a strip search? Your street cred just dropped a ton, homie.

Legislation which determines the use and conduct of strip searches is known as The Corrections and Conditional Release Act (1992). Section 48 discusses the issues with strip searches and who conducts them. Section 48 reads, ?A staff member of the same sex as the inmate may conduct a routine strip search of an inmate, without individualized suspicion, (a) in the prescribed circumstances, which circumstances must be limited to situations in which the inmate has been in a place where there was a likelihood of access to contraband that is capable of being hidden on or in the body; or (b) When the inmate is entering or leaving a segregation area? (Corrections and Conditional Release Act, 1992). This is an important statute as it determines strip searches must be conducted by members of the same sex. It is especially important to define this aspect clearly because it prevents the already intrusive strip search from becoming far more humiliating. It also serves to protect individuals against sexual assaults occurrences while in custody. In certain circumstances, these rules become null and void, for example in emergency situation which then can allow for opposite sex strip searches. ?(4) Where a staff member (a) satisfies the requirements of paragraph (3)(a), and (b) believes on reasonable grounds that the delay that would be necessary in order to comply with paragraph (3)(b) or with the gender requirement of subsection (3) would result in danger to human life or safety or in loss or destruction of the evidence, the staff member may conduct the strip search without complying with paragraph (3)(b) or the gender requirement of subsection (3)? (Corrections and Conditional Release Act, 1992). If there is a question of immediate safety or the loss of evidence, it is acceptable practice for officers of the opposite sex to conduct a strip search. The issues surrounding opposite sex searches came into question in the case of R. v. Mattis (1998). Notwithstanding exigent circumstances, failure to comply with these rules may result in a violation of section 8 of the Charter. In the case of Mattis, she was witnessed accepting money from an individual and giving something in exchange. The officers who witnessed this, later found cocaine on the other individual and thus Mattis was charged with possession of cocaine with the intent to traffic. The evidence in this case was dismissed due to the fact that male officers conducted a strip search of Ms. Mattis (R. v. Mattis, 1998).

Wait. She got so drunk that they wouldn't let her fly, was harassed by airport security, which has nothing to do with the airline... and you want a refund?

GTFO

BTW, you usually have to be really belligerent to not be able to fly. She must have been a wreck.