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I LIVE IN NEW YORK STATE. MY BOYFRIEND WAS STOPPED IN TOWN BECAUSE HE HAD A TAIL LIGHT OUT. A FAMILIAR POLICE APPROACHED THE TRUCK AND REALIZED THERE WERE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE FRONT. HE GOT A TICKET FOR HAVING HIS 15 YR OLD DAUGHTER AND HER 15 YEAR OLD FRIEND IN THERE WITH NO SEATBELT. OK. THE POLICE THEN SAID HE SMELLED POT AND THERE WAS A SEARCH ETC....MY QUESTION IS, DOES THIS MALE OFFICER HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEARCH, ACTUALLY PAT DOWN THESE FEMALE MINORS? ALSO, SINCE THEY WERE STOPPED IN FRONT OF WHERE HIS DAUGHTERS LIVE ANOTHER DAUGHTER, AGE 16 CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. THIS POLOCE OFFICER PATTED HER DOWN TOO. I DON'T THINK THIS COP WAS JUSTIFIED IN LAYING A HAND ON ANY OF THE CHILDERN. HE DID NOT CALL FOR A FEMALE OFFICER. PLEASE HELP, THESE GIRLS FEEL VIOLATED AND THIS IS A SMALL TOWN... THANKS
I LIVE IN NEW YORK STATE. MY BOYFRIEND WAS STOPPED IN TOWN BECAUSE HE HAD A TAIL LIGHT OUT. A FAMILIAR POLICE APPROACHED THE TRUCK AND REALIZED THERE WERE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THE FRONT. HE GOT A TICKET FOR HAVING HIS 15 YR OLD DAUGHTER AND HER 15 YEAR OLD FRIEND IN THERE WITH NO SEATBELT. OK. THE POLICE THEN SAID HE SMELLED POT AND THERE WAS A SEARCH ETC....MY QUESTION IS, DOES THIS MALE OFFICER HAVE THE RIGHT TO SEARCH, ACTUALLY PAT DOWN THESE FEMALE MINORS? ALSO, SINCE THEY WERE STOPPED IN FRONT OF WHERE HIS DAUGHTERS LIVE ANOTHER DAUGHTER, AGE 16 CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. THIS POLOCE OFFICER PATTED HER DOWN TOO. I DON'T THINK THIS COP WAS JUSTIFIED IN LAYING A HAND ON ANY OF THE CHILDERN. HE DID NOT CALL FOR A FEMALE OFFICER. PLEASE HELP, THESE GIRLS FEEL VIOLATED AND THIS IS A SMALL TOWN... THANKS