Polis menjadi mangsa luahan perasaan sekali lagi. Disebabkan nila setitik, habis rosak susu sebelanga. Seekoar kerbau yang membawa lumpur, habis semuanya terpalit.
Yang menjadi mangsa ialah kebanyakan anggota polis yang masih ikhlas menjalankan tanggungjawab menjaga ketenteraman awam dengan motonya Mesra, Cepat dan Betul. Justeru itu kepentingan anggota-anggota polis yang menjalankan tugas haruslah dilindungi agar mereka tidak terperangkap dengan sistem perundangan yang mencabar dewasa ini. Arahan lisan sering boleh dipertikaikan dan membawa seribu satu macam pengertian sekiranya ianya tidak diiringi dengan arahan secara bertulis. Justeru itu untuk mengelakkan ramai pihak yang malu akibat isu ketuk ketampi oleh tahanan reman polis tempoh hari satu peraturan yang khusus haruslah dirangka untuk melakukan pemeriksaan terhadap tahanan. Sekiranya ketuk ketampi adalah satu cara yang lazim dilakukan, ianya hendaklah diwartakan dengan jelas. Berapa kali ketuk ketampi harus dilakukan, bagaimana caranya, memegang atau tidak memegang telinga, kalau yang mengandung bagaimana ? Kemudian bilik dimana tahanan diarahkan untuk membuka pakaian hendaklah dijelaskan keadaannya samada bilik konkrit, bilik yang tidak mempunyai tingkap berkaca, bilik yang tidak mempunyai cermin ? Kemudian pula haruslah diadakan peraturan agar peguam, pelawat bahkan anggota polis sendiri tidak dibenarkan membawa kamera serta talipon berkamera dalam kawasan lokap dan sebagainya. Segala peraturan ini haruslah dibuat untuk tatapan umum agar membuktikan ketelusan pihak polis menjalankan tugas mereka disamping menanamkan budaya agar masyarakat Malaysia ini memahami sistem perundangan negara sebelum membuat sebarang tuduhan kepada pihak polis. Berikut ialah prosedur terperinci bagaimana untuk melakukan pemeriksaan terhadap tahanan yang boleh didapati dengan mudah oleh orang awam melalui laman web Jabatan Pemulihan New Zealand ( New Zealand Department Of Corrections) http://www.corrections.govt.nz/public/policyandlegislation/ppm/sectionb/b15/b1501r5.html Antara prosedur yang menarik perhatian yang terdapat dalam peraturan melakukan pemeriksaan terhapap tahanan ialah : 1. Apabila pakaian ditanggalkan oleh tahanan, samada menaikkan, menurunkan atau membuka pakaian, untuk memeriksa tahanan tidak menyembunyikan senjata. TAHANAN YANG DIPERIKSA MESTILAH DIPASTIKAN MEMPUNYAI PAKAIAN YANG MENUTUP LEBIH DARIPADA SEPARUH BADANNYA PADA BILA-BILA MASA MELAINKAN DALAMKEADAAN YANG BENAR-BENAR MUNASABAH. (Lihat bagaimana prihatinnya undang-undang ini menjaga kehormatan manusia walaupun mereka adalah merupakan tahanan) 2. Ketika melakukan pemeriksaan, tahanan yang diperiksa boleh diarahkan untuk, membuka mulut, menunjukkan tapak tangan, menunjukkan tapak kaki, mengurai rambut, mengangkat tangan untuk menunjukkan ketiak. Selamat Membaca Rozmal bin Malakan Taman Alamanda, Senawang, NS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Laman web : waghih.blogspot.com *********************************** Policy and Procedures Manual B.15 Prisoner and Prison Facility Searching B.15.01.R5 Prisoner Strip Search (National Requirement) Authority for strip search Section 98(5) of the Corrections Act 2004 authorises strip searches: Only for the purpose of detecting any unauthorised item; and Only if a strip search (rather than a scanner search or a rub-down search) is necessary in the circumstances for the purpose of detecting an unauthorised item When a strip search MUST be conducted A prisoner must be required to undergo a strip search in the situations outlined in Section 98(7) of the Corrections Act 2004, which are: On first being admitted to a prison; and Immediately before the prisoner is transferred to another prison; and When a prisoner is received in a prison after transfer from another prison. When a strip search MAY be conducted The situations in which a strip search may be conducted are: Where an officer has reasonable grounds for believing that the prisoner has an unauthorised item in their possession; and The officer has obtained the approval of the Prison Manager (or delegated manager in accordance with the Prison Manager Delegations Framework) to conduct a strip search (section 98 (3)). OR When a prisoner is in one of the situations outlined in section 98(6)(a) to (i) of the Corrections Act 2004. These are as follows: Immediately before the prisoner is locked in a cell to undergo a penalty of cell confinement imposed under subpart 5 of Part 2 of the Corrections Act 2004; On the return of the prisoner to the prison; On the return of the prisoner from work or from a part of the prison that is not supervised; Immediately before the prisoner leaves the prison; At any time while the prisoner is being transferred to another prison; At any time while the prisoner is outside the prison in the control of an officer; Immediately before the prisoner is brought before: a Visiting Justice for the purposes of any hearing or examination under subpart 5 of Part 2 of the Corrections Act 2004 or any appeal under subpart 5 of Part 2 of the Act. A hearing adjudicator for the purposes of any hearing or examination under subpart 5 of Part 2 of the Corrections Act 2004 any tribunal or court Immediately before any person visits the prisoner; Immediately after any person has visited the prisoner. Watch Point Whether the strip search is conducted in the reasonable grounds situation (section 98(3)) or in one of the situations listed in section 98(6) (a) to (i), the strip search must be for the purpose of detecting any unauthorised item, and must be conducted only if a strip search, rather than a scanner search or a rub-down search, is necessary in the circumstances for detecting any such unauthorised item. This means that no prison can have a blanket policy that all prisoners must be strip searched in a situation where staff have the authority to strip search. Rather, there must be allowances for exceptions based on the particular circumstances of an individual case. Example: The reason for conducting strip searches after visits is for the purpose of detecting any unauthorised item. In general, we know, based on experience, that in this situation unauthorised items are unlikely to be able to be detected by either a scanner or a rubdown search. However, this does not mean that a prison can have any blanket policy along the lines that all prisoners will be strip searched after all visits - there must be allowance for exceptions based on the particular circumstances. For example: Where a prisoner has had a booth visit it would be difficult to say that a strip search was for the purpose of detecting an unauthorised item or a strip search, rather than a scanner search or a rub-down search was necessary in those circumstances (unless there was some other reason to believe that an unauthorised item might have been passed to the prisoner during the visit, e.g. some action observed by an officer or if damage to the booth was found following the visit). Strip search prior to providing a urine sample A prisoner who is required to submit to a prescribed procedure for the purpose of detecting the use of drugs or consumption of alcohol may, immediately before the prisoner supplies a sample in accordance with that procedure, be required to undergo a strip search, but only if: The nature of the prescribed procedure is such that there is a risk that the prisoner may tamper with the sample; and A strip search is necessary to ensure that such tampering does not occur. Strip Search (section 90 of the Corrections Act 2004) A strip search means a search where the person conducting the search may require the person being searched to remove, raise, lower, or open all or any of the latter persons clothing. For the purpose of facilitating a strip search, the person being searched may be required to do all or any of the following: Open his or her mouth, Display the palms of his or her hands, Display the soles of his or her feet, Lift or rub his or her hair, Raise his or her arms to expose his or her armpits With his or her legs spread apart, bend his or her knees. The person conducting the search may conduct a visual examination and may use an illuminating or magnifying instrument (including a hand-held mirror) to inspect the mouth, nose, and ears, but may not insert any instrument, device, or thing into any such orifice. No other body cavities may be searched. If (and only if) the strip search is being conducted on the grounds set out in section 98 (3) (a) i.e. because an officer has reasonable grounds for believing that a prisoner has an unauthorised item in his or her possession the person conducting the search may also: (In addition to the things in 1 above) require the person being searched to bend his or her knees, with his or her legs spread apart, until his or her buttocks are adjacent to his or her heels. (In addition to 2 above), conduct a visual examination and use an illuminating or magnifying instrument (i.e. a torch or a hand-held mirror with a handle) to inspect the anal and genital areas, but must not insert any instrument, device or thing into any orifice. Watch Points It is important to note that a decision as to whether or not to require / do either or both of these things, should take into account whether or not it is necessary to search for a suspected unauthorised item in the anal and genital areas. For example, where the reasonable grounds to believe the prisoner has an unauthorised item in his/her possession is information received or an eye-witness account of the prisoner having recently put an unauthorised item in his/her mouth, and he/she has had no opportunity to transfer it to the anal or genital area, then it may be difficult for staff to justify requiring / doing either or both of the two things outlined in the bullet points immediately above. Whenever a searching officer is conducting a visual examination of the anal and genital areas (whether or not using an illuminating or magnifying instrument) during a reasonable grounds strip search, he/she must be particularly mindful of the requirement to conduct the search with decency and sensitivity, and in a manner that preserves the dignity and privacy of the prisoner being searched. Hand-held mirrors (magnifying or otherwise) on handles should be used when carrying out these reasonable grounds searches. No mirrors are to be installed permanently on the floor in areas where strip searches are conducted, due to the risk of their being used for searches other than reasonable grounds searches. Strip search conditions Strip searches must comply with the following conditions: A strip search is carried out by a person of the same sex as the person being searched. A second officer, who may be another officer or a member of the police, must be present as the witnessing officer. The searching officer should be visible to the witness at all times. A strip search shall not be carried out in the view of any person of the opposite sex. A strip search shall not be carried out in view of another prisoner. Conducting a strip search As each article of clothing is removed, lowered, raised or opened by the person being searched, it is checked to identify whether or not it conceals an unauthorised item and may be searched. The person being searched is not put in a position where more than half of their body is naked unless good reason justifies otherwise. As each article of clothing is removed, and when an area is unclothed, a visual scan is undertaken to identify whether or not there are unauthorised articles. Any item carried by, or in the possession of, the prisoner may be searched. Reporting and recording - "Reasonable grounds" strip searches Where the search is authorised under Section 98(3)(a) of the Corrections Act 2004 (reasonable grounds for believing the prisoner possesses an unauthorised item), the following information must be recorded in the IOMS "Search Person" report: the reason(s) for the search the name of the prisoner the names of the officers conducting the search the date and time of the strip search any unusual circumstances, and the result of the search This information must be recorded as soon as practicable, certified by both officers, and reported to the Prison Manager. An incident report must also be completed on IOMS. In addition to the information above, this incident report must also include confirmation that approval to conduct the reasonable grounds strip search was obtained from the Prison Manager (or delegated manager in accordance with the Prison Manager Delegations Framework). Sudi-sudi layari blog saya di waghih.blogspot.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! 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