I can walk you through every step and detail of the process. I hope you're not too squeamish!Until at least the fall of 2022, it was the Mount Vernon force's practice to strip search every person it arrested, according to the report. I Consider It Sexual Assault. Strip-searching us for contraband is a perfectly legal way to rob incarcerated people of our humanity. If you were strip searched and believe it was unlawful, talk with our civil rights lawyers, who can discuss your options for filing a lawsuit. Officer who performs strip search or has body cavity search conducted must report the reason for this search on the record of arrest. For protesters in Richmond, strip searches and lengthy delays in the jail came to be expected. The names of the involved officers were redacted from police reports. The current BRPD policy allows officers to stripsearch someone if they have reasonable suspicion of a crime.