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I'm confused, The met and searches

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IdentifyingAsAPrincess · 03/03/2022 19:55

www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/met-police-review-uniform-policy-23260398 Please divert me if there's already a thread on this, but how is this supposed to work alongside the belief that sex is real being a legally held one? Can a female detainee alert the officer that she is gender critical and as such that makes a male person searching her a common or garden sexual offender?

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MrsTerryPratchett · 03/03/2022 20:16

@Janesmom

Eh? Isn’t this just about officers’ being able to choose their uniform. If I need the police, I couldn't care less if it’s a male or female (or non-binary) officer they send or what uniform they’re wearing. I also didn’t think I’d have any right to do so!
90% of the time you're right.

Intimate searches or support after sexual assault, I want a female officer.

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IdentifyingAsAPrincess · 03/03/2022 20:12

@Janesmom

Eh? Isn’t this just about officers’ being able to choose their uniform. If I need the police, I couldn't care less if it’s a male or female (or non-binary) officer they send or what uniform they’re wearing. I also didn’t think I’d have any right to do so!
Well you are very cool, but the vast majority of women in female jails have been the victims of sexual offences and childhood sexual abuse, the rates are far higher in female offenders than in the general population. It's widely accepted that female inmates are among the most vulnerable women in society, with the highest rates trauma induced mental health problems. At some point those women were arrested. It's very nice that you wouldn't mind though.
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FleshLiabilities · 03/03/2022 20:11

From the article -

In his interview with MyLondon, CI Halton-Woodward revealed that the Met Police are also reviewing how body searches in custody can “better reflect the officer’s gender identity” - which could involve making it the default that trans women are able to search female arrestees.

mudgetastic · 03/03/2022 20:03

No the article went on to say that it was considered that transwomen should be allowed to search female prisoners

Uniform is one thing
That's another

Janesmom · 03/03/2022 19:58

Eh? Isn’t this just about officers’ being able to choose their uniform. If I need the police, I couldn't care less if it’s a male or female (or non-binary) officer they send or what uniform they’re wearing. I also didn’t think I’d have any right to do so!

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