About Strip Search
A strip search is a practice of searching a person for weapons or other contraband suspected of being hidden on their body or inside their clothing, and not found by performing a frisk search, by requiring the person to remove some or all of his or her clothing.
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... The school s governing body has claimed teachers were " not aware that a Strip Search was taking place"...
Anger and grief as crowds rally to support Child Q
... Jacqui and several others say they felt particularly traumatised after hearing how the 15-year-old was Strip Searched by two female police officers, and made to take off her sanitary towel...
Strip-searched Hackney teenager to sue Met Police
... It added three police constables had been served with notices last year advising them they were under investigation for misconduct, " over their roles in either carrying out the Strip Search or involvement in supervising it"...
Met Police apologise after officers strip-search Hackney schoolgirl
... Her family strongly believe the Strip Search was a racist incident, and the review found her experiences are " unlikely to have been the same" had she not been black...
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...A professor who won an apology from police over sexist language during a Strip Search has said she feels like she has been on trial for eight years...
Koshka Duff: Met apology to woman over language in strip search
... She was taken to Stoke Newington police station, where Sgt Kurtis Howard approved the Strip Search...
Jailed Ian Watkins 'had concealed phone in prison'
... The 42-year-old produced a small white telephone after a Strip Search in HMP Wakefield in March last year, Leeds Crown Court heard...
Strip-searched Hackney teenager to sue Met Police
A black schoolgirl who was strip-searched after being wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis is suing The Met Police.
The 15-year-old, also known as Child Q, is also taking civil action against her school, the Law Firm Bhatt Murphy said.
A safeguarding report this month found The Search
Speaking via her lawyers, The Girl said she wants " cast-iron commitments to ensure this never happens again".
In a statement released She Said : " I want to thank the thousands of people across The World of all backgrounds who have offered me support - both publicly and through messages conveyed To My legal Team - Following everything I've been through.
" I know I Am not alone. "
A protest organised by Hackney Cop Watch at Stoke Newington Police Station is under way.
During The Incident , The Girl to The School 's medical room and strip-searched by two female Met police officers, while teachers remained outside. No Other adult was present and her parents were not contacted.
Her intimate Body Parts were exposed and she was made to Take Off her sanitary towel, according to the review. No drugs were found.
The Victim 's mother told the safeguarding review that after The Strip -search, Her Daughter had been " asked to go back into the exam" she had been sitting with no teacher asking about her welfare.
Her family said The Girl had changed from " top of the class" to " a shell of her former bubbly self" and she was now self-harming and required therapy.
Sadiq Khan has written to The Head of The Police watchdog urging him to consider a case of Gross Misconduct .
However, The Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) said its investigation was complete and its report was being " finalised".
Scotland Yard has said the officers' actions were
Me Police Commander Dr Alison Heydari said: " While we await the findings of the IOPC investigation, we have already taken action to ensure that our officers and staff have a refreshed understanding of the policy for conducting a 'further search' and advice around dealing with schools, ensuring that children are treated as children.
Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP Diane Abbot " racism absolutely played a part".
It added three police constables had been served with notices Last Year advising them they were under investigation for misconduct, " over their roles in either carrying out the Strip Search or involvement in supervising it".
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