Recent inquiries by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission have uncovered numerous breaches and abuses of strip search powers in relation to children.
Under current NSW law, there must be a support person present during the strip search of a minor. The LECC recently heard, however, that at an underage music festival held in February last year only five of the thirty children strip searched had an appropriate adult present.
Lawyers from Redfern Legal Centre have recommended a tightening in laws including requiring a court order to be obtained before a child is subject to a field strip search.
Read the full article here (The Socialist, 6 February 2020)
