Strip Searching Children

Read our list of suggestions for ways you can take action against state-sponsored child strip searching in Colorado.

On Thursday, March 23, 2017 Theresa Sidebotham of Telios Law PLLC attended the March meeting of the Digital Images Task Force.

Theresa Sidebotham of Telios Law testified in the Legislature regarding the need for safety procedures for children during the collection of photographic evidence of child abuse or neglect.

Telios Law PLLC files a complaint over strip-searching children against the Executive Director of the Colorado DHS, Reggie Bicha, Richard Bengtsson, Shirley Rhodus, and against El Paso County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), comprised of Sallie Clark, Darryl Glenn, Dennis Hisey, Amy Lathen, and Peggy Littleton. Read More→

We all agree that child abuse must be investigated.

DHS has no specific rules about how children are photographed, or chain of custody for the pictures.

Right now in Colorado, we have a government job description (social worker in the Department of Human Services) where the job gives the worker discretion to view naked children and take pic

We carefully teach children to protect their private areas and not to let strangers touch them or view them except in a medical setting.

Yes! The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that educators must be very careful about school searches that go as far as a strip search, even under the more relaxed school standards.

Government workers may or may not ask for consent. The position of the Department of Human Services (DHS) is that it does not need consent from parents.