Policy Text
KERN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Detentions Bureau
Policies and Procedures
TITLE: STRIP AND BODY CAVITY SEARCH C-550
EFFECTIVE: REVIEWED: REVISED: UPDATED:
June 30, 1990 07-11-24 03-01-21 07-11-24
APPROVED BY: Detentions Bureau Chief Deputy Cindy Cisneros
REFERENCE: Way v. County of Ventura (9th Cir. 2006) 445 F.3d 1157; Craft v.
County of San Bernardino (C.D. Cal. 2006) 468 F.Supp.2d 1172;
Bull v. City & County of San Francisco (N.D. Cal.) 2006 U.S. Dist.
LEXIS 9120, PC 4030, DPPM F-100, F-200, DBPPM P-410, State
of California Office of the Attorney General Opinion No. 17-302
POLICY
The Detentions Bureau recognizes that strip searches, visual body cavity searches, and
physical body cavity searches are at times necessary to resolve a deputy’s suspicion
that an incarcerated person is concealing a weapon or contraband that poses a threat to
the safe, secure, orderly, and controlled environment of the facilities and the safety of
staff, other incarcerated people, and/or the public.