Practice question

Under the CPA, if a female suspect is to be physically searched, who must conduct the search?

  1. Any traffic officer, regardless of gender, provided they wear gloves.
  2. Only a female officer, or in the absence of one, a female citizen requested by the officer to perform the search.
  3. The suspect must search herself in front of the officer.
  4. Only a medical doctor.

Answer: B — Only a female officer, or in the absence of one, a female citizen requested by the officer to perform the search.

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