Appropriate Adult
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First episode date | September 4, 2011 |
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Final episode date | September 11, 2011 |
Networks | ITV |
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ID | 2318589 |
About Appropriate Adult
Drama exploring the complex relationship between serial killer Fred West and trainee social worker Janet Leach.
Child Q: Met officers could be sacked over schoolgirl's strip-search
... Child Q, 15, was wrongly accused of having drugs and strip-searched on her period, with no Appropriate Adult present, in Hackney, in December 2020...
Police face complaint over arrest of autistic Leeds teenager
... " The force added that the girl was subsequently interviewed with an Appropriate Adult and has been released on bail pending further enquiries...
Met Police misreports intimate searches of children
... She called for more transparency over the number of searches, where they are being carried out, and whether an Appropriate Adult is present...
Children as young as eight strip-searched by police
... " More than half (52%) of the searches took place without an Appropriate Adult - a legal requirement, except when there is serious risk to a child s life or welfare...
Police defend big jump in officers in UK schools
... The gathered the Freedom of Information data following the case of Child Q, at school without an Appropriate Adult present...
Third Met Police child strip-search case investigated
... The search took place without an Appropriate Adult present and in the knowledge that she was menstruating, The report, conducted by City & Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership (CHSCP), concluded the strip-search should never have happened, was unjustified and racism " was likely to have been an influencing factor"...
Child Q: Criticism leads to police strip-search policy change
... No Appropriate Adult was present when she was strip-searched in 2020...
Anger and grief as crowds rally to support Child Q
... The ordeal took place at Child Q s school, with no Appropriate Adult present...
Children as young as eight strip-searched by police
By Celestina Olulode & Jemma CrewBBC News
Children as young as eight are being strip-searched by The Police , according to a report showing " deeply concerning" and " widespread" failures.
It also found black children were up to six times more likely to be searched than the overall child population.
The Report by Children's Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza showed 2,847 children were strip-searched in England and Wales from 2018 to mid-2022.
The National Police Chiefs' Council will " carefully consider" the findings.
The Runnymede Trust , a race equality charity, said: " Our Children are being failed by The State institutions there to protect them. "
More Than half (52%) of the searches took place without an Appropriate Adult - a legal requirement, except when there is serious risk to a child's life or welfare.
And 51% of the searches led to no further action.
Dame Rachel asked all police forces to provide strip-search data after The Child Q scandal came to light in March Last Year .
The case of the 15-year-old - strip-searched at school by two female Metropolitan Police officers while on her period and without an Appropriate Adult Present - drew national outrage.
It prompted Dame Rachel to request figures from Scotland Yard , which she found so concerning that she then asked all forces for comparable data.
Some 39 of 43 forces responded to her latest request. The figures cover searches under stop-and-search powers and cover a period of four-and-a-half years.
They show that strip-searching of children is occurring across England and Wales, and reveal evidence of " deeply concerning practice" Dame Rachel said.
Her office identified searches at 27 forces which raise concerns about children's safeguarding, or indicate there has been a breach of the statutory code of practice. It has asked for these to be referred to The Police watchdog.
Of the nearly 3,000 searches On Children , almost a quarter (24%) took place On Children aged 10-15. The youngest child was just eight years old.
The vast majority of children strip-searched were boys (95%) while 5% of such searches were carried out on girls.
Black boys accounted for More Than a third (37%) of strip-searches, while Dame Rachel said it was " utterly unacceptable" that black children were six times more likely to be strip-searched compared with The National child population.
White children were around half as likely to be strip-searched when compared with The National child population.
The guidelines around strip-searches need to be strengthened urgently, She Said , " to ensure police forces follow these properly, and to robustly challenge a culture that has allowed widespread failures to go unchallenged".
She continued: " The findings of this report make for disturbing, But sadly not surprising, reading.
" This data, combined with that which I received from the Metropolitan Police Last Year , is the clearest indication yet that What Happened to Child Q was far from an Isolated Incident . "
Acknowledging the potentially traumatic impact On Children , Dame Rachel said parents should be informed in advance, and strip-searches should not take place in schools.
The findings show that in 45% of cases the location of the strip-searches was not recorded.
But She Said the data also showed there " were some places that are really not acceptable for a strip-search" including amusement parks and takeaway outlets. Fourteen strip-searches took place in police vehicles or schools.
Police guidelines say that strip-searches under stop and search can take place at a nearby Police Station or other nearby locations which are out of public view - But not a police vehicle.
Other recommendations in The Report include that the Home Office should require forces to report annually on the strip-searching of children under stop and search, and that parents or guardians should be informed before a strip or intimate search of a child.
Separate Home Office figures, published last November, were strip-searched in the year to March 2022. This figure relates to children who were searched while in custody.
Chief Constable Craig Guildford, from the NPCC, said it was vital all police interactions were handled sensitively, and any search of a child should be carried out In Line with The Law and police policy.
He Said the NPCC was working with other policing bodies to " implement positive change wherever it is required" adding: " We will carefully consider the findings from The Children 's commissioner as part of this work".
The Home Office said nobody should be strip-searched because of their race and ethnicity, and that there were safeguards to prevent this.
A spokesperson said: " We take the concerns raised about children's safeguarding extremely seriously.
" The Independent Office for Police Conduct is currently investigating several high-profile incidents of strip-search of children and it is vital that we await their findings. "
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com