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oth the person being searched from abuse and the person conducting the search from unfoundedaccusations of abuse.It is appropriate for female POWs to be searched by female personnel of the DetainingPower, if possible. 133 This practice helps reduce the risk of accusations of indecent behavior.9.6.2 Securing POWs With Handcuffs and Other Security Devices. When necessary forsecurity reasons (e.g., to prevent escape or destruction of documents), POWs may be securedtemporarily with handcuffs, flex cuffs, blindfolds, or other security devices. 1349.6.3 Search of POW Property. Items in the possession of POWs may be removed andsearched for security and intelligence purposes, but certain items of personal or sentimental valuemust be returned as soon as possible. 1359.7 POW EFFECTS AND ARTICLES OF PERSONAL USE9.7.1 POW Effects and Articles of Personal Use. All effects and articles of personal use,except arms, horses, military equipment, and military documents, shall remain in the possessionof POWs, likewise their metal helmets and gas masks and like articles issued for personalprotection. 136 Effects and articles used for their clothing or feeding shall likewise remain in theirpossession, even if such effects and articles are part of their regulation military equipment. 137These rules do not prohibit the search of POW effects and articles of personal use. 138Items that may otherwise be legitimately impounded (e.g., articles of value beingwithdrawn for reasons of security) are not precluded from being impounded because they may becharacterized as an effect or article of personal use or an effect or article used for clothing orfeeding. 139133 For example, 1997 MULTI-SERVICE DETENTION REGULATION § 2-1.a.(1) (“The commanding officer of thecapturing unit will ensure that: … (a) Each EPW/RP will be searched immediately after capture. Use males tosearch males and females to search female prisoners, when possible.”).134 See Winston Churchill, Prime Minster, United Kingdom, Oral Answers to Questions, Oct. 13, 1942, HANSARD,383 HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATES § 1500 (“His Majesty’s Government have never countenanced any general orderfor the tying up of prisoners on the field of battle. Such a process, however, may be necessary from time to timeunder stress of circumstances, and may indeed be in the best interest of the safety of the prisoners themselves.”).135 Refer to § 9.7.3 (Badges, Decorations, and Articles Having Above All a Personal or Sentimental Value).136 GPW art. 18 (“All effects and articles of personal use, except arms, horses, military equipment and militarydocuments, shall remain in the possession of prisoners of war, likewise their metal helmets and gas masks and likearticles issued for personal protection.”).137 GPW art. 18 (“Effects and articles used for their clothing or feeding shall likewise remain in their possession,even if such effects and articles belong to their regulation military equipment.”).138 Refer to § 9.6.3 (Search of POW Property).139 Refer to § 9.7.4 (Money and Articles of Value).530