Strip & Cavity Searches

Question 1

strip search requirements without custodial confinement

Answer 1

*no exigent circumstances:
search warrant or consent
authorized by officer in charge of station house
*exigent circumstances:
PC to believe that the person is concealing a weapon or contraband
exigency prevent obtaining search warrant

Question 2

strip search with custodial confinement

Answer 2

*officer in charge authorizes confinement in municipal detention or adult correctional center
*officer in charge authorizes search and
one of the following:
search warrant
consent
reasonable suspicion of weapon or contraband

Question 3

Body Cavity search custodial confinement

Answer 3

*officer in charge authorizes confinement or adult correctional facility
*officer in charge authorizes search and
one of the following:
search warrant
consent

never appropriate without custodial confinement