Originally Posted by Firebug4

In a way, the bolded statement is true. However, anyone that does any kind of personal search tends to be that way. When you are doing a personal search at least 8 times out of the 10 that you find something hidden, be it a weapon, illegal substances, contraband, stolen merchandise you name it, it will have been in the crotch area. A considerable amount of time and effort is spent in law enforcement training to get the officer to overcome the very human trait of being uncomfortable searching there. The Federal Academy that I attended taught that the body was split in to five quadrants that had to be searched. The crotch area was included in four of those five quadrants. That means if it was done as it was trained the crotch area was searched four times during the pat down.
Also, pat down is a generic term. We were taught to grab, twist, and feel. In the crotch area, more feel less grab and twist.

FB