After outrage over case of Child Q, force asks IOPC to examine incidents involving children aged 14-17
The Metropolitan police have referred another eight cases of strip-searches of children for independent investigation.
There was outrage over the case of Child Q, a 15-year-old black girl who was strip-searched at school while menstruating, without an appropriate adult being present. The police apologised and a local council report said the child’s treatment was in part the result of discrimination.
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