Is it unreasonable to ask for assistance from a female police officer to search a car with a minor?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from In re Crystal K., G038494 (Cal. App. 5/29/2008), G038494 (Cal. App. 2008):

Here the officers had reasonably suspected that the minor was in possession of narcotics. The consensual search of the car found none, suggesting that the narcotics were hidden on the minor's person. It was no more unreasonable to request the assistance of a female officer under these circumstances than it was unreasonable to detain a defendant an additional 15 to 20 minutes to obtain a Spanish speaking officer where the defendant did not speak English, as was the case in People v. Avalos (1996) 47 Cal.App.4th 1569, 1577.

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