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NE Bull:

It might seem that in the United States, being pulled over for driving without a seat belt should not end with the government ordering you to take off your clothes and "lift your genitals." But there is no guarantee that this is the case -- not since the Supreme Court ruled this week that the Constitution does not prohibit the government from strip searching people charged with even minor offenses. The court's 5-4 ruling turns a deeply humiliating procedure -- one most Americans would very much like to avoid -- into a routine law enforcement tactic.
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Read more of this disturbing ruling at : http://news.yahoo.com/strip-searches-supreme-courts-disturbing-decision-101205560.html

sidearm1:
Just speaking from experience, I have personally had a preacher, a lawyer and an 86 year old grandmother try to smuggle drugs into a secure location.  While it was not a county jail, it just points out the fact that anybody can and will introduce contraband even after a traffic stop where an arrest is warranted.  You would be surprised (maybe some wouldn't) where people hide stuff, even if only arrested on for simple things.  The safety of our officers and the people we are responsible for should and will take precedence over someone feeling uncomfortable.  The same thing with concealed carry, my safety, my fellow workers safety comes first.

Ross Berck:
I'm not getting the reference to concealed carry...

DaveB:
Shut up

Pay your taxes

Get used to it

NWO

And don't forget to shut up!

sidearm1:
The comment about concealed carry is and was: "Just to make me and my family safe.  I want to protect my family."

 Same with strip searches, except I want to keep my fellow staff and people being locked up safe.  You cannot tell by simple looks who is carrying drugs or weapons, how nice they are, or how bad they are.  There is only one simple way to make sure.

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