Female US cop caught on tape giving two women body cavity search

[Silent_Bob]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2250218/Angel-Ashley-Dobbs-suing-Texas-troopers-shocking-BODY-CAVITY-search-caught-tape.html

    Angel Dobbs, 38, and niece Ashley Dobbs, 24, were pulled over on State Highway 161 near Irving, Texas
    Trooper searched car for marijuana before requesting invasive cavity search
    Older woman claims search by trooper Kellie Helleson irritated an anal cyst she was suffering causing 'severe pain and discomfort'
    Also suing the Texas Department of Public Safety for failing to act on previous complaints about 'violating' searches


Two Texas women are suing after state troopers subjected them to a humiliating and invasive 'roadside body cavity search' that was caught on video.

Female trooper Kellie Helleson is seen in the footage aggressively searching the private parts of Angel Dobbs, 38, and her niece, Ashley Dobbs, 24, in front of passing cars.

The women, who claim the trooper used the same rubber glove for both of them, were initially stopped by Helleson's colleague David Farrell on State Highway 161 near Irving after he saw one of them throw a cigarette butt out the window.

Farrell can be heard in the disturbing video questioning the pair about marijuana though he failed to find any evidence of the drug in the vehicle.

However, he requested the women be searches after allegedly claiming they were 'acting weird.'

The lawsuit states he then tried to 'morph this situation into a DWI investigation,' according to the Dallas Morning News.

Angel Dobbs passed a roadside sobriety test and the women were given warnings for littering.

Angel Dobbs said Helleson irritated an anal cyst she suffers from during the search, causing her 'severe and continuing pain and discomfort.'

The suit said: 'Angel Dobbs was overwhelmed with emotion and a feeling of helplessness and reacted stating that Helleson had just violated her in a most horrific manner.'

The two women are also suing the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Steven McCraw, who they claim ignored previous complaints about 'unlawful strip searches, cavity searches and the like.'

The Dobbs' lawyer Scott H. Palmer said the shocking incident, which was filmed on one of the trooper's dash-mounted cameras, was a roadside 'sexual assault.'

He said the Texas Rangers investigated his clients' complaints but failed to take any action against the troopers.

'You can see what's happening clearly,' he told the Dallas Morning News of the video. 'No one's ever seen the likes of this. We can't let them get away with it.'

[Silent_Bob]

Trooper In Irving Body Cavity Search Lawsuit Suspended

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2012/12/19/trooper-in-irving-body-cavity-search-lawsuit-suspended/

IRVING (CBSDFW.COM) - A Texas State Trooper who was thrust into the spotlight Tuesday after dash camera video showing her giving body cavity searches to two women became public has been suspended.

Trooper Kelly Helleson was suspended Wednesday, the day after the two women she searched as part of a traffic stop earlier this year sued her and another trooper for what they called a violation of their privacy.

The Texas Department of Public Safety, the state organization who State Troopers work for, say Helleson was put on paid suspension pending the outcome of an investigation into the incident and the lawsuit.

DPS spokesperson Katherine Cesinger tells CBS 11 all troopers are "Obligated to act reasonably so as to comply with the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution as well as the Texas Constitution and other applicable statutory provisions. Any search that unreasonably invades the bodily integrity of a citizen is in violation of the Fourth Amendment and is therefore in violation of DPS policy."

Cesinger stressed Helleson hasn't been accused of violating any policy, but that the matter is still under review.

The attorney for the women, Scott Palmer, said the suspension shows the DPS is taking action, but was still disappointed in the incident.  "That shows me they're being professional, but it's still unfortunate that it takes a lawsuit to get that that kind of attention, that remedial action to get her off the streets."

The two women 38-year-old Angel Dobbs and her niece, 24-year-old Ashley Dobbs, were pulled over in Irving on their way to Oklahoma by a male trooper after the trooper noticed the women tossing cigarette butts out the window of their car.  That trooper, David Farrell, claimed to smell marijuana coming from the vehicle and requested the search by a female trooper.

Farrell remains on active duty.

[Russell Kanning]

Awful

[Fluff and Stuff]

I hope she enjoys here paid holiday vacation.

[Kat Kanning]

Very disturbing.

[Russell Kanning]

Still bothering me

[Jim Johnson]

Trooper to Be Terminated Over Roadside Cavity Search

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Trooper-to-Be-Terminated-Roadside-Cavity-Search-188909231.html

[Russell Kanning]

Interesting
Preliminary determination ... So at this point she is still on paid vacation.
What would it be like if she was treated like us ..... Jailed until she was given a plea deal.

[K neth]

Surprise!

Troopers Indicted After Roadside Cavity Search Of Two Women
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/03/22/two-texas-state-troopers-indicted-on-criminal-charges-after-roadside-cavity-search-of-two-women/

[Russell Kanning]

Hmmmm