The visitor has the option to submit to the requested search procedure or to refuse. If a visitor refuses to submit to a strip search the visit will be denied.Require that all appropriate sections of the search consent form are filled out properly and legibly. Staff at the city's jails must get written permission to search people they think may be smuggling contraband into the prison. In an area known for. 20 drug activity, Gonzalez told a confidential informant (who. The settlement reached over illegal strip searches is the third one in the past decade in New York City. Bailey told plaintiff that they had her on videotape buying drugs in the Bronx. As it turned out, a police supervisor filled out a document approving the searches -- after the fact. On Friday night while sorting mail in the Bronx, the officer's hands went numb despite wearing gloves.