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Adequacy Standards
Search of Persons

Policy No: 02/00-14
Effective Date: July 26, 2000


Legislative/Regulatory Requirements

Section 29 of the Police Adequacy Standards Regulation requires a police services board to have a policy on search of persons.  In addition, section 13(1)(h) requires the Chief of Police to establish procedures and processes in respect of the search of persons.

Board Policy

It is the policy of the Regional Municipality of York Police Services Board with respect to the search of persons that the Chief of Police will: 

  1. establish procedures that address:

    1. the compliance by members of the police service with the legal, constitutional and case law requirements relating to when and how searches of persons are to be undertaken; 

    2. the circumstances in which an officer may undertake a search of person;

    3. frisk/field searches;

    4. strip/complete searches;

    5. body cavity searches; 

    6. consent searches;

    7. the supervision of searches of persons; and

    8. the documentation of searches of persons; and

  2. ensure that officers and other members as appropriate are kept informed of changes in the law relating to the search of persons.

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