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.
Child Q: Strip-search schoolgirl head teacher steps down
... 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...
Koshka Duff: Professor says she faced victim blaming over police claim
...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...
Child Q: Strip-search schoolgirl head teacher steps down
The Head teacher of an East London school where a black pupil was strip-searched has stood down due to health issues.
A found The Search of the 15-year-old girl, known as Child Q, was unjustified and racism was " likely" to have been a factor.
Child Q is suing The Met Police and The School in Hackney over The Incident .
In a letter to parents, The School said " an outstanding head teacher" is already in place to take over The Role .
During The Incident , The Girl was Taken Out of an exam to The School 's medical room and strip-searched by two female Met Police officers who were looking for cannabis, while teachers remained outside.
No Other adult was present, her parents were not contacted, and no drugs were found.
The Girl 's intimate Body Parts were exposed and she was made to Take Off her sanitary towel, according to the review.
The Met has admitted the actions of the two officers were " regrettable" and it " should never have happened".
The School 's governing body has claimed teachers were " not aware that a Strip Search was taking place".
In March, The School released an apology to Child Q and her family.
Since The Incident , The School has changed The Leadership of its governing board. However, research by The Bbc shows The Chair of governors was still in place six months after The Search occurred.
The make-up of The School board has also changed.
The Independent Office of Police Conduct (IOPC) said a report on The Incident was being " finalised".
The Incident near The Site of Child Q's school.
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