So, now I suppose it's up to an interpretation of "... to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and Warrants shall not be issued, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched,..."

To my mind, laws cannot be made to cover every instance. Discretion must be left to the police and recourse through the courts must be allowed IF the police act in poor judgement, according to the LAW quoted by Greg F., surely recourse is accessible?

How else can it work?

And, if you just pooh pooh my post and say I don't live in the real world and police can do whatever they want and they routinely hassle and degrade people... I do not believe you. I refuse to believe that all police are bad people and want to degrade teenage girls or anyone else. If you think so, start a petition to have all strip searches recorded on video. Better use of your time rather than telling me that police are bad, bad people that I should live in fear of them. I find that rather childish... they are human... they have families too.