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| Issue Date: | 22 February 2012 | Effective Date: | 22 February 2012 | ||||||
| Rescinds: | Version dated 07 June 2002; G02-03-02 | ||||||||
| Index Category: | Processing Persons | ||||||||
| I. | Purpose |
This directive:
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A. defines the responsibilities of Department members when searching individuals under Department control. -
B. sets forth procedures that Department members will follow when conducting strip searches .
| II. | Responsibilities |
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A. Members taking persons into custody or accepting custody from other members will be responsible for conducting a thorough search in accordance with established Department procedures. -
B. Field searches will be conducted by a member who is the same gender as the arrestee; however, if a member of the same gender is not immediately available, officer or public safety is compromised, and it is imperative that an immediate search be conducted, members will not endanger themselves or the public to comply with this requirement. NOTE: A field search is defined in the Department directive entitled "Interrogations: Field and Custodial." -
C. Lockup personnel will scan arrestees with a metal detecting device to ensure against concealment of weapons. -
D. Strip Searches -
1. Arrestees will not be subjected to a strip search for any offense unless specific factors are present which establish reasonable belief that the search will uncover a weapon or contraband. -
2. Discretion and good judgment will be used when conducting a strip search. The arrestee will not be required to remain unclothed any longer than is absolutely necessary. -
3. All strip searches will be conducted by a member of the same gender, in a secure area, and isolated from the view of others. No touching of body cavities, other than the mouth, is permitted by Department members. -
4. Strip searches will ordinarily be conducted in a police lockup and include prior written approval of the station supervisor using the Report of Strip Search (CPD-11.521). -
5. Whenever a request is made to conduct a strip search of an arrestee, the following information will be entered in both the narrative portion of the automated Arrest Report and the Watch Incident Log (CPD-21.916): -
a. the name of the arrestee; -
b. the name of the officer(s) making the request; -
c. a list of specific factors justifying the strip search; -
d. whether the strip search was approved or disapproved; -
e. the name of the person approving or disapproving; -
f. if approved, the name of the person(s) conducting the search; -
g. the time, date, and place of the search; and -
h. what was discovered as a result of the strip search.
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6. If it is necessary for an arrestee to be strip searched outside of the lockup in any police facility, prior written approval must be obtained from the: -
a. station supervisor, if it is the district station. -
b. unit commanding officer, or in his/her absence, the area coordinator, if other than a district station. Unit commanding officers/area coordinators will notify the station supervisor in the district in which their facility is located so that appropriate entries can be made in the Watch Incident Log.
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7. When it is imperative that a strip search be conducted in the field, a field supervisor must be contacted for approval. Field supervisors approving or disapproving the search will immediately notify the station supervisor and complete a Report of Strip Search. -
8. A person not under arrest may be subjected to a strip search only when a search warrant is being executed under the provisions of 725 ILCS 5/108-9 (Detention and Search of Persons on Premise), and the procedures established in this directive are followed. However, a person who is present in a place where a warrant is being executed may not be strip searched by virtue of his/her mere presence at the scene. A strip search of such an individual requires that probable cause exists to believe that the person to be searched is either concealing a weapon and/or instruments or articles described in the warrant.
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E. A search of any body cavity other than the mouth will be permitted only under the authority of a search warrant. The body cavity search will be performed under sanitary conditions either by or under the supervision of a physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of Illinois.
(Items indicated by italic/double underline were added or revised)
Garry F. McCarthy
Superintendent of Police
Superintendent of Police
99-049/12-003 JW/JF/MTN(PMD)/TRH
GLOSSARY TERMS:
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- The removal or rearrangement of some or all of the clothing of an arrestee to permit a visual inspection of the genitals, buttocks, anus, female breasts, or undergarments.
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