Women Can Be Strip-Searched by Trans Officers Who Were Born Male, Say Police – Progressives Don’t Care About Fighting Sexism
Progressives are allowing women to be sexually harassed and sexually assaulted by men (i.e., by men who claim they are women now; “transwomen”) – this news story is yet another an example of that.
(Progressives are also allowing men to be sexually harassed by women – see the links under “Related” at the bottom for more.)
(Link): Women Can Be Strip-Searched by Trans Officers Who Were Born Male, Say Police
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April 9, 2022
By Max Aitchison
Female suspects can be strip-searched by police officers who were born male but identify as women – and could be accused of a hate crime if they object, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
New guidelines issued to forces around the country state: ‘Chief Officers are advised to recognise the status of Transgender colleagues from the moment they transition, considered to be, the point at which they present in the gender with which they identify.’
‘Thus, once a Transgender colleague has transitioned, they will search persons of the same gender as their own lived gender.’
The controversial advice, issued by the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC) — the body representing British police chiefs — says it may be ‘advisable’ to replace the person carrying out the search if the detainee objects, but adds: ‘If the refusal is based on discriminatory views, consideration should be given for the incident [to] be recorded as a non-crime hate incident unless the circumstances amount to a recordable crime.’
The existence of the guidance, which was quietly issued in December, has only come to light following the intrepid work of Cathy Larkman, a police officer for over 30 years who rose to the rank of superintendent before retiring last year.
Mrs Larkman, 54, grew increasingly concerned with the declining trust women had in the police following a spate of scandals including the abduction and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer.
Last October, responding to fears among some women that they had no option over the sex of the officer searching them, she wrote letters to the College of Policing, the Police Federation and the NPCC seeking clarification that this was not the case.
The mother-of-three, who is being supported by the Women’s Rights Network campaign group, knew that under existing law strip-searches had to be carried out by an officer of the same sex.
But she was left ‘absolutely gobsmacked’ when the NPCC finally released its new guidance to her last week.
‘The more I read it, the more shocked I was,’ she told The Mail on Sunday. ‘This is a devastating blow to women’s trust in the police. Women are not even an afterthought in this guidance — they are completely non-existent. Everything is geared towards the sensitivities of the officer doing the searching.
‘They claim they are trying to be inclusive. But this isn’t inclusive of women and it doesn’t respect their sex.’
The vexed issue of trans’ rights has dominated the news agenda over recent days.
Related:
(Link): Woman Fired After Raising Concerns About Transgender Serial Killer Living in a Senior Shelter
(Link): Former Football Player Acquitted in Beating Death of Tinder Date Who Lied About His Biological Sex
(Link): Rape Victim’s Legal Fight After Transgender Woman Was Allowed to Access Female-Only Support Group
(Link): Medical Journal Editor Apologizes for Cover Labeling Women as ‘Bodies With Vaginas’
(Link): Trans-Identified Child Rapist Suing South Dakota Over Denial of Feminine Accessories
(Link): Outcry Over Plan to Educate ‘Bigoted’ Rape Survivors (biological women) About Trans Rights
(Link): Liberal Identity Politics, Transgenderism, & Disregarding the Safety of Hetero Cisgender Women
(Link): What Makes A Woman? by Elinor Burkett
(Link): Radical Feminist: Transgender Activism Is a ‘Men’s Rights Movement’ by T. O’Neil
(Link): The Tweet Twitter Didn’t Want You To See, Regarding “Rachel” Levine / Transgenderism
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