DA asks feds to probe unlawful strip searches in NYC suburb

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. (AP) — The Westchester County district attorney has asked federal authorities to investigate “pervasive and persistent” civil rights violations involving the Mount Vernon Police Department, including illegal strip searches and excessive use of force.

District Attorney Mimi Rocah asked the U.S. Justice Department to investigate whether the suburban New York City department is “systematically violating peoples’ civil rights,” citing “potentially unlawful conduct by several former and current” officers.

Rocah, who took office in January, raised concerns earlier this year with Mount Vernon's commissioner of public safety about a pattern of unjustified strip searches and body cavity searches.

The police department faces several lawsuits over strip searches, and four members of the department have been arrested on criminal charges over the past two years, the Westchester Journal News reported.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/da-asks-feds-probe-unlawful-135705840.html

[Frasier Balzov]

1. Don't use probe and strip search in the same sentence.

Would have been redlined in first year journalism school.