LEWISHAM: Police concerns over transsexual searches 'ludicrous'

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LEWISHAM: Police concerns over transsexual searches 'ludicrous'
Local London
15th January 2009


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POLICE officers are concerned about searching transsexual prisoners because of their religion, according to a report.

The concerns by some members of Lewisham Police, described as "ludicrous" by a transgender charity, were revealed in the minutes of a Lewisham Police senior management team meeting.

According to the minutes, published on the Met Police website, head of crime and operations Superintendent Wayne Nash raised the issue during a conversation about diversity.