If I get strip searched can I request to have someone from the opposite gender perform it?

It’s likely to land you the “special” attention doled on suspected perverts.

Nope. Cavity searches are done by the gender of the suspect.

I don’t believe getting “comfortable” is of the upmost importance when a strip search is concerned.
So, you may ask, but(t), no.

No. In fact, if Canadian law is like US law then LEOs aren’t actually allowed to strip/cavity search someone of the opposite sex. They must request an officer of the same sex to perform the search.

@RedDeerGuy1 Unless you have already been cavity searched, how do you know you are uncomfortable being searched by a man? And are you sure it was the search “by a man” or the search itself?

@RedDeerGuy1, why do you feel you may be subjected to such a search? Is there some reason this might happen or is it more of a hypothetical question. As has been explained, you wouldn’t be able to ask for a person of the opposite sex to search you. That would not happen.