- (a) Pat searches may be conducted on a client as part of routine procedure and without individualized reasonable suspicion to believe that a particular client is in possession of a weapon, drugs, or contraband.
(b)
- (1) Pat searches shall be conducted by personnel of the same gender as the client and in the presence of a witness.
(2) Clients shall remove any:
- (A) Clothing covering their head, hands, and feet; and
- (B) Outer garments such as coats and scarves.
- (3) Upon request of a client, a pat search shall, to the extent possible, be conducted in an area which is not observable by others.
- (c) During a pat search, staff shall pat search the client in the manner that they have been taught pursuant to Division of Youth Services Policy “Training and Professional Development”.
- (d) Staff who have not been trained in pat search techniques will not pat search a client except in an emergency.