What is normal searching procedures for a police officer?

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The other night I was lost in a neighborhood I don't know with my phone dead and my 
parents called the cops to help find me. It took them forever because it was dark. I wasn't trying to avoid them I was just wandering around trying to get back to the main road. Finally one pulls behind me so I stopped. He got out and told me not to run and he was PISSED. He got me to put my hands on the car and 'searched' me. I can't remember it that clearly but I know he didn't go in my pockets and I don't think he touched my upper body. He did rub my butt, all over my legs, and touch my crotch thoroughly twice. The second time because I squirmed the first time. He said oh what are you hiding there? And I said nothing and he said then why'd you move or something. And did it again. Wouldn't he have looked in my pocket if he was really worried about me having drugs or especially a weapon enough to grab my crotch. I know theres nothing i can do about This, he said we weren't being recorded and said next time he has to find me like that id probably get a beat down or something. i just want to know if he Did wrong or if that was normal. I'm a male minor I don't think the state I'm in matters. Oh and if there was a hood camera it wouldn't have seen below my belt and there was no human witness that I know of.

El Jefe · Accepted Answer

Sounds like an improper search as you've described it.  Not touching your upper body is seriously stupid, unless you're shirtless.  You could be hiding anything short of a bazooka up there!

And a proper crotch search uses the blade of the hand to get up against the groin, and doesn't involve or require extensive groping.  Touching your butt should be pretty much limited to exploring your hip pockets for items, and possibly verifying that you don't have anything the size of a weapon hidden between your butt cheeks.

Threatening a beat down is extremely unprofessional and possibly a crime in your state (official oppression in mine).

Sadly, this unprofessional and dangerous search may be "normal" in your area.  Not all police departments maintain the same standard of professional conduct.

But if your description is true, regardless of whether it was "normal", it wasn't right.

Starlord · Answer

The last place a criminal carries drugs or weapons or other contraband is in a pocket., and they seldom carry the items above the waist.  Usually, it is in the waistband or in the crotch area, under the belief that the police are too squeamish about touching another man's genitals.  WRONG!.  When you know where they carry contraband, why would you look where it is just never carried?  Doesn't it make sense to look for contraband where you know the bad guys usually keep it?  On an episode of cops the other night, a guy had a baggie of pot stuck between the cheeks of his butt.  Socks and shoes are also common hiding places for drugs, straight razors and such.
@El Jefe, unless you have a diploma from a law school and have passed the bar, learn what you are talking about before showing your ignorance

? · Answer

90% of serious crimes undiscovered by law committed by females.
Police should walk like couples in a traditional marriage , one man and one woman - for correct search in case.

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What is normal searching procedures for a police officer?

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