Strip search is the last resort. Only the police can strip search you, and will only do so if they have a high level of suspicion.To search (a suspect who has been required to remove all clothing) esp. For concealed weapons, contraband, or evidence of drug abuse. I was required to be strip searched during a drug raid and they didn't do it to my OH. It was him they were here for. But inmates are sometime stripsearched if they are suspected of hiding drugs and guards periodically conduct sweeps using dogs. Here, Officer Honaker made the decision to conduct a strip search of defendant when defendant was in the living room. Officer Jacob Mitchell was the first person in the team. He held the Nova shield. (Whether Collins was drug dependent and needed treatment was disputed at trial.