What are the types of individual searches?

• A. Standing, kneeling, prone
• B. Sitting and standing
• C. Crouching and lifting
• D. Prone only

Answer: (A)

When searching an individual, you use three practical postures that give you full access to clothing and pockets while maintaining safety. Standing lets you quickly inspect outer garments and reach mid-level areas like the chest, waistband, and upper pockets. Kneeling lowers your height so you can access lower pockets, belts, and footwear more easily and reduces the chance of missing items around the hips. Lying prone (face down) exposes the back and allows you to control the person more effectively during a thorough search, minimizing sudden movements and giving you access to areas you can’t easily reach from standing or kneeling.

These three postures—standing, kneeling, and prone—together cover the range of positions needed for a complete individual search. Other options aren’t typically used as a standard set: sitting and standing isn’t a recognized paired set for a single search, crouching and lifting describes an action plus posture, and prone only omits access to upper body and pockets.