United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 11553
Body Searches
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26 January 2024
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1 February 2024 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy that police officers should not be able to strip and intimately search suspects of the opposite sex if the police officer self-identifies as the same gender as the person
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26 January 2024
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy that police officers should not be able to strip and intimately search suspects of the opposite sex if the police officer self-identifies as the same gender as the person
Source: Commons
1 February 2024
Answer
There are clear same-sex provisions set out in law in relation to the conduct of certain searches of persons by police officers.It is not right, safe or respectful to detainees of either sex for officers to conduct such searches on the basis of gender sel...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-26/11553
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1685293
- uk · wq-1685293 · source updated 1 February 2024