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What are rules/laws regarding the treatment of a nine month pregnant women in police custody? Are they allowed to stop you from going to the bathroom when need be or getting water or even taking medication while in custody?  

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without knowing the whole scenario, it is really hard to say from what you have given me whether or not a line was cressed.  its hard to explain to people why we have to be extra safe with people who appear to be harmless.  i was once cut by a pregnant woman and it was totally my fault for not cuffing her behind her back.  you learn the hard way not to take things for granted.  to go to the bathroom, you would have needed to be uncuffed.  tell me more about the situation.

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Darrin Bell

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i am well versed on search and seizure, self-defense, domestic violence, 4th & 5th amendments, drugs, jails and conditions, tasers, raids.

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i am currently the domestic violence coordinator for my department. i am a field training officer and i have been teaching self-defense, drugs, and search warrants and affidavits at the local academy for the past 10 years, and domestic violence for the past 3 years. i was the assitant to the federal monitor while our jail was under a consent decree, which we successfully came from under.

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graduated from the police academy in 1989. successfully passed a consent decree. worked undercover for 5 years, narcotics for 6. over 1200 hours of training in specialized areas. certified defensive tactics instructor, taser instructor, completed management and superivision modules, senior deputy modules.

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