re: #79 Uncle Obdicut

Let me be clear-The woman should be held accountable.

So should NYPD

Chris Dunn, Associate Legal Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, told me that illegal strip searches by NYPD officers are “a longstanding problem” that “25 years of litigation” have done little to correct. As far as he was aware, the most the NYPD had done to address the problem was issuing a training video in (belated) response to a critical report by the Civilian Complaint Review Board. He also noted that the NYPD patrol guide actually has pretty strict restrictions on when officers can strip-search people. They read, in part,

A strip search of a prisoner may not be conducted routinely in connection with an arrest. Strip searchs may only be conducted with the knowledge and approval of the precinct, police service area, transit district desk officer or the borough Court Section supervisor. A strip search may only be conducted when the arresting officer reasonably suspects that weapons, contraband or evidence may be concealed upon the person or in the clothing in such a manner that they may not be discovered by the previous search
methods.