🚨BREAKING: British transgender police officers are now allowed to strip search female citizens under new guidance, per the Telegraph
This is a disgrace. They’re men. pic.twitter.com/B9MR7FJVup
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) February 25, 2025
Britain’s gone off the deep end, and it’s not even subtle anymore. New rules from the National Police Chiefs’ Council are letting male cops who say they’re women strip-search female detainees, and all they need is a Gender Recognition Certificate to make it legit. This hit the streets recently, flipping a policy they’d pulled back last year after people pointed out it was a disaster for women’s safety. Now it’s back, and the Telegraph’s got the scoop—it’s real, it’s happening, and it’s stirring up a storm.
Dig into the details, and it’s a tangled mess. The NPCC says any guy on the force who identifies as female can run his hands over a woman in custody, long as he’s got that GRC—a piece of paper you snag for five bucks if you’ve got a doctor’s note saying you feel off in your own skin. Last year, they’d ditched this idea when folks screamed it put women at risk, but the diversity and inclusion crowd on the council doubled down. They’re calling it progress—trans officers with that certificate can now search women, no questions asked. This isn’t about safety—it’s about bending over backwards for an idea, and regular women are the ones paying for it.
The rules don’t stop there. They’re saying treat everyone by how they “live” their gender, GRC or not—pronouns, vibes, the whole deal. But if a trans cop doesn’t have that certificate, they might get a pass on searching anybody, depending on the force. Detainees can say no to a trans officer patting them down, and someone else steps in—fair enough. Except here’s the kicker: if a woman pipes up and says something “prejudicial” while pushing back, the guidance tells cops to “deal with it positively.” Sounds like a polite way of saying they’ll slap her with a lecture or worse. A woman’s already in cuffs, now she’s got to watch her mouth too—Britain’s lost the plot.
Women’s rights folks aren’t taking it lying down. They’re calling this a flat-out attack on female detainees’ basic dignity—strip-searches are rough enough without wondering who’s got their hands on you. Cathy Larkman, who used to run things as a police superintendent and now speaks for the Women’s Rights Network, laid it out clear: “The chief constables of the UK need to bear in mind that their role as police officers is to protect the public and enforce the law. It is not to act as agents of radical social change.” She’s dead-on—cops are supposed to keep order, not play guinea pigs for ideology. This move’s got nothing to do with justice—it’s a power trip dressed up as fairness, and it’s women who get stuck with the bill.
Over at British Transport Police, they’re on the same train. Their rules mirror this—trans cops fresh off a gender switch can search women too, GRC in hand. They lean on equality laws, say it’s all above board, and let people object if they want. But the NPCC’s flip-flop last year shows even they knew this was shaky ground—until the inclusion committee decided feelings trump facts. Britain’s bending so far backwards it’s snapping, and the ones in custody are left exposed—literally.
Look at the bigger picture, and it’s grim. Strip-searches ain’t a pat on the back—68,000 happened in stations last year, another 5,000 elsewhere. That’s a lot of women potentially facing a guy with a certificate instead of a woman like them. The guidance waffles on about trans welfare, officer rights, but barely nods at what this does to a female detainee staring down a biological male in a locked room. This isn’t progress—it’s a step back to a time when women’s voices didn’t count, just with a modern twist and a fancier excuse.
Sources:
https://www.gbnews.com/news/trans-police-strip-search-women-new-guidelines