60% of Toronto arrests lead to strip searches

[alp227]

Source: CBC News

More than 60 per cent of people arrested by Toronto police last year were forced to undergo a strip search, according to police statistics.

But a police accountability group says routine searches are against the law and alleges Toronto police are using the practice to humiliate and intimidate people.

Police figures show that 31,072 people were strip-searched in 2010, up from 29,789 the previous year.

John Sewell of the Toronto Police Accountability Coalition (TPAC) said that means about 60 per cent of those arrested in Toronto were subjected to a strip search.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2011/08/17/police-strip-searche.html

[SoapBox]

1. Simply more of the Police State Jack Boot Thugs, out of control.

amazing...they really believe that they are above everyone else and can do what they want to the citizens.

[truthisfreedom]

2. Jeepers! Pervies in the Toronto police department!

[jberryhill]

3. Surprisingly, 60% of their roads lead to strip joints /nt

[FiveGoodMen]

4. Whatever disease the US has, Canada has caught it, too.

[MineralMan]

5. How can that be? It's Canada.

Doesn't everyone want to move to Canada to escape the US?

[A Simple Game]

6. While you are naked you get a free physical. n/t

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. LOL

[Dawson Leery]

8. It's intimidation alright.

:puke: