RLC in the Media: 'Rethinking Strip Searches' on 2ser

Date published

26 August 2019

2ser speaks to Dr Vicki Sentas, senior lecturer in law at UNSW and one of the co-authors of the Rethinking Strip Searches by NSW Police report about what can be done to make sure that police are not going beyond their powers.

Listen to the full interview here (2ser, 26 August 2019)

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