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British Transport Police sued over guidance to let trans officers strip-search women

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Policy allows male staff identifying as female to intimately search women so long as they have a gender recognition certificate ( GRC ) A backlash earlier in 2024 saw similar national policing guidance temporarily withdrawn after the Conservative government raised concerns about women's safety.

Campaigners wrote to Chief Constable Lucy D'Orsi last month calling for advice to be removed.

But the force refused and now faces a lengthy legal battle with activists.

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