Seven officers and a supervisor at the Milwaukee police department have had their badges taken away after allegations surfaced that police have been conducting body cavity searches on suspects with no authority to do so.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Milwaukee police accused of performing illegal body cavity searches
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Seven officers and a supervisor at the Milwaukee police department have had their badges taken away after allegations surfaced that police have been conducting body cavity searches on suspects with no authority to do so.
Reports
of officers arresting suspects then subjecting them to cavity searches
first surfaced in local media in March. On Monday, after getting access
to a police report, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that officers allegedly performed these searches on a routine basis.-[Full Article]
Seven officers and a supervisor at the Milwaukee police department have had their badges taken away after allegations surfaced that police have been conducting body cavity searches on suspects with no authority to do so.
