Transgender (Male) Police Officers Are STRIP SEARCHING Women

Guidelines are already in place that mean female officers are required to carry out intimate searches of a biological male suspect if they identify as a woman, with the officer facing possible disciplinary proceedings should they refuse.

The author of the WRN report titled State Sanctioned Sexual Assault, retired police superintendent Cathy Larkman, said dozens of female officers had approached the group to voice their concerns.

But there was a culture of fear within policing that prevented them from speaking out, she added.

One serving female police officer said when she questioned the policies she was threatened with disciplinary proceedings.

‘I fear both for my colleagues and for vulnerable suspects,’ she told the Mail. ‘A strip search is a humiliating and potentially traumatic experience and everything should be done to ensure a suspect is treated with dignity and respect.’

Ms Larkman, who commanded more than 500 officers at South Wales police, said police bosses had failed women by pandering to vocal trans lobbyists. In 2022 The Mail On Sunday revealed the controversial advice from the National Police Chiefs’ Council which states: ‘Chief Officers are advised to recognise the status of transgender colleagues from the moment they transition.’

Ms Larkman pointed out that this approach was contrary to UK law, which requires people to obtain a gender recognition certificate in order to be legally recognised as their acquired sex.

An NPCC spokesman has previously said: ‘All searches are dealt with on a case-by-case basis after consideration by a custody sergeant based on the response of the detainee. All searches are carried out in line with the officer or staff member’s training and legal authority.’