Immunity protects Pa. officers from possible unlawful strip search liability: judge

Immunity protects Pa. officers from possible unlawful strip search liability: judge

WILLIAMSPORT - A strip search of a suspect by two Lycoming County police officers may have been unlawful but they are shielded from liability by qualified immunity, a federal judge says.U.S. Middle District Judge Keli M. Neary made that ruling Friday when she dismissed the federal claims in the suit filed by Kyle Beatty of Williamsport against former Williamsport officer Clinton Gardner and county detective Calvin Irvin.