Because police agencies each have their own policies, there is no specific law that covers all police officers in the state of Illinois. The general rule seems to be that a female is as able to use a concealed weapon against an officer as a male and, even if a female officer is not available, the female suspect must be searched. A male officer searching a female suspect should have a witness to the search.
Any officer is to search the person before putting them in the police car for safety reasons. a male officer can search a female and a female officer is allowed to search a male, no matter what.
See the related link for information on this subject or you can visit the Illinois ACLU website for information specific to Illinois.
the same as searching male
Additional: Define what is meant by "search." In the law, there are several different kinds of 'searches.'
GENERALLY speaking, in a custodial search, in the absence of a female officer, a male officer may search anyone of any sex or age if they feel their life or the life of another is in danger. They may NOT make invasive (i.e.: body cavity) searches and/or they also have the option of incapacitating the female with cuffs so that she may not use her hands, until the arrival of a female officer, or the prisoner is transorted to a location where there is a female on duty.
During a 'Terry Stop,' (i.e.: a 'street stop' for questioning) - for the officer's own protection he may do a 'pat down' and run his hands over the outer garments of a momentary detainee (male or female) during their interrogation to ensure that there are no weapons readily available to the detainee.
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No, there is no such requirement in law.
Yes. Police officers in Illinois are allowed to carry their weapons off duty anywhere within the State.
In most countries it is exactly the same as male police officers, except female police officers are generally used to search females, children and to assist in domestic violence cases (i.e. comfort the female/children).
Usually police will have a kaynin to help them with searching but usually it'll be a German Shepard.
Yes they are police officers.
No. Auxiliary police officers are not officers of the court.
There are police officers at every level of government. Federal, state, county, city and agencies all can have sworn police officers.
In order to search through someone's home, police officers must aqquire a search warrant, which is just a slip or piece of paper signed by a judge that gives them legal rights to go searching through a person's home. They also must have some sort of evidence on why they are to search someone's home, such as drugs, leads, etc.
768 Women working as police officers in the Detroit Police Department.
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The Philadelphia Police Department has a authorized strength of 6600 Sworn Police Officers.