body search


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body search

a form of search by police, customs officials, etc., that involves examination of a prisoner's or suspect's bodily orifices
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I hadn't realized that patients were searched in this way--I've worked exclusively in outpatient settings since residency, and no patient has ever mentioned an issue with a body search while they were on an inpatient unit.
Strip searching of psychiatric patients must stop
Following a body search by a policewoman, a total of 2.
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He clearly feels very strongly about the issue - but perhaps other people feel equally strongly about the alternative, which is a pat down body search.
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SSB personnel have been conducting body search on the Nepali nationals entering Nepal from India from this transit point.
SSB intensifies search at transit point
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the student's favor that school officials violated her constitutional rights when they forced her to undergo the humiliating body search.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in the student's favor that school officials violated her constitutional rights
A employee subjected to a search might also be able to claim constructive dismissal, resulting in a significant pay-out, if he can successfully show a body search against his will was a breach of the employer's duty of good faith.
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I got a full body search which was really thorough and luckily they didn't find anything," said Dave, who lives with Diane, and their two children Ashleigh, 21, and Craig, 20.
Check for dad
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary called on the UK government to its scale 100% body search requirement back to its normal 25% "immediately.
Airport News - Europe
A state prison inmate brought a pro se [section] 1983 Fourth Amendment action against a corrections officer, alleging that he had been subjected to an overly intrusive body search in the presence of a female officer.
Lay v. Porker
A Japanese lawyer who recently escorted children of Japanese hijackers to Japan from North Korea filed a damages suit Thursday against the state and other parties, claiming a body search she underwent at Narita airport upon her return was illegal.
Lawyer coming back from N. Korea sues state over airport body search
There may be restrictions on certain methods, such as polygraphs, drug or alcohol tests, private investigator survei Ilance, and body search.
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It also provides a comprehensive body search in seconds, eliminating the need for intrusive and less-effective hands-on body searches by security personnel.
OSI Awarded $9.1 Million Contract for Security Inspection Systems

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