Daily Mail published this video item, entitled “650 children strip-searched by police, many without supervision” – below is their description.
The Metropolitan Police strip-searched 650 children in three years – with six in ten of them black boys – a watchdog has revealed. The Children’s Commissioner published data from Scotland Yard showing the youngsters aged ten to 17 were strip-searched from 2018 to 2020. In 23 per cent of cases there was no ‘appropriate adult’ – such as a parent or social worker – present, contrary to guidelines. And no further action was taken in 53 per cent of all strip-searches of children.
Traumatising child strip-searches are concerning Children’s Commissioner for England: ‘We question whether this low level of successful searches indicates that this intrusive practice is justified or necessary in all cases.’
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