Diaries V. Perry Body Search Letter

Dr. Imani Perry being arrested over a parking tickets was ridiculous. but since it is Princeton’s police department policy officers technically had the right to arrest her. Handcuffing people to tables when they have been taken into custody is supposed to happen. Dr. Perry should not have had to go through the humiliation of being arrested over parking tickets but a police departments’ policy is something officers must follow. So if anything is wrong it is people being able to be arrested over parking tickets. I think that this situation might not have to do with race because there was a warrant out for her arrest and officers just followed the department rules. But Dr. Perry being arrested does make me question if a white suspect would have been treated in the same manner, …show more content…
Perry being “body searched” by a male officer while a female officer was present was wrong. It would have been more appropriate for a female officer to “body search” Dr. Perry since they are both women. Princeton’s police department policy doesn’t require that female officers search female suspects. I understand that a female officers cannot always “body search” female suspects but while a female officer is present and a female suspect needs to be “body searched” it should be required for the female officer to conduct the “body search”. Overall I think the policy of arresting people over parking tickets is excessive the only wrong I think the Princeton police did wrong was having a male officer “body search” Dr.