Post by Logan on Jan 21, 2016 1:26:20 GMT -6
Senate passes bill making it easier for police to conduct strip searches
The state Senate has passed a bill expanding the authority of police and correctional officers to strip-search people in their custody.
The measure passed on a straight party line vote, 19-14, Wednesday afternoon.
Current law says a person who is arrested or otherwise detained -- but who isn’t arrested for a felony or certain misdemeanors and isn’t suspected of concealing a weapon or concealing evidence -- may be strip-searched if the person will be detained with others and if they’re set to be detained for at least 12 hours.
The bill removes the requirement that the person must be detained 12 hours for a strip search to be conducted.
Continued at host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/senate-passes-bill-making-it-easier-for-police-to-conduct/article_805fef7c-4379-5290-912b-e336e723c303.html .
The state Senate has passed a bill expanding the authority of police and correctional officers to strip-search people in their custody.
The measure passed on a straight party line vote, 19-14, Wednesday afternoon.
Current law says a person who is arrested or otherwise detained -- but who isn’t arrested for a felony or certain misdemeanors and isn’t suspected of concealing a weapon or concealing evidence -- may be strip-searched if the person will be detained with others and if they’re set to be detained for at least 12 hours.
The bill removes the requirement that the person must be detained 12 hours for a strip search to be conducted.
Continued at host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/senate-passes-bill-making-it-easier-for-police-to-conduct/article_805fef7c-4379-5290-912b-e336e723c303.html .