Connecticut § 54-33k - “Strip search” defined.
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§ 54-33k. “Strip search” defined.
Sec. 54-33k. “Strip search” defined. For the purposes of this section and section 54-33l, “strip search” means having an arrested person remove or arrange some or all of his or her clothing or, if an arrested person refuses to remove or arrange his or her clothing, having a peace officer or employee of the police department remove or arrange the clothing of the arrested person so as to permit a visual inspection of the genitals, buttocks, anus, female breasts or undergarments used to clothe said anatomical parts of the body.
(P.A. 80-93, S. 1; P.A. 81-234, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 81-234 amended the definition of strip search to include the removing or arranging of the clothing of an arrested person by a peace officer or an employee of the police department when the arrested person refuses to remove or arrange the clothing.
Section does not address those strip searches that are conducted incident to lawful arrest on a felony charge. 82 CA 111.
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