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| Area strip search rules not likely to change |
| By telegram.com |
| Published: 04/23/2012 |
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Leominster, MA -- A ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month allowing strip searches of people arrested — even for minor offenses — is not likely to have much effect on how local law enforcement does its job. “The amount of strip searches we do is very, very small, only about 1 percent,” said Auburn Police Chief Andrew J. Sluckis Jr. The Supreme Court ruled by a 5-4 vote that even people arrested for the most minor offenses, such as violation of a leash law, can be required to undergo a strip search if the arresting officer or corrections officer deems it necessary. The case on which the court ruled involved a New Jersey man, Albert Florence, who was arrested on an outstanding warrant for an unpaid fine. The warrant proved to be an error in the state’s records. Before he was released, he was held in two jails and required to undergo a strip search each time. Chief Sluckis said his department has strict policies in place concerning when — and when not — to do a strip search. “The officer has to have probable cause to believe the person in question is concealing contraband or a weapon,” he said. “Here it happens so infrequently, it is not something you deal with on a regular basis.” Read More. |
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If an inmate is strip searched 50% of the time after visits; do you think that is still statistically "random?"