For what it’s worth - there was a small Orthodox Jewish community where I grew up. As I understand it (not well at all, to be honest) Orthodox Jewish males are forbidden to touch women who are not their wives. Whether this is correct or not, or only applies to certain sects, I have no idea. But a family friend who was a police officer said that all officers - male and female - were formally briefed on this prohibition and the woman were advised to honor it whenever practical. This mainly involved not sticking out your hand for a shake, a strong habit in our culture that would set off alarm bells on the Jewish side of the interaction. Even in cases where an arrest needed to be made, they were advised to let a male officer conduct any physical contact if that was practical.

It wasn’t an edict or official policy. It was just a way for the police to be good neighbors. And of course, it was expected it would go straight out the window the moment it became impractical.

As far as I know, it was one of those things that just never really came up. It might have been a different story a half century earlier, when the Purple Gang was active, had there been any significant numbers of policewomen at the time. And if the Gang had Orthodox members. But I digress.

The point is, it doesn’t hurt to show respect for other cultures and customs as a matter of course. It’s just a matter of common courtesy.