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The use of strip searches by New South Wales police has skyrocketed in recent years. Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim report for Sydney Criminal Lawyers.

NSW state coroner Harriet Grahame is reportedly set to recommend a reduction of police drug operations as well as the introduction of pill testing at music festivals following an extensive inquest into music festival deaths. Brad Esposito reports for Pedestrian

Pill testing would be introduced to NSW music festivals and police sniffer dogs scrapped from events if a set of draft recommendations is acted upon by the state government following the deaths of six revellers. Angus Thompson reports for Sydney Morning Herald

After leaving a Goulburn Hotel on a Saturday evening, Luke Moore was strip searched by police officers after an initial pat down search found nothing. He is now suing the NSW Police Force over the incident. Paul Gregoire reports for Sydney Criminal Lawyers

Your Body, Your Choice, a groundbreaking sexual assault resource for international students, was honoured with an award at the 2019 NSW International Student Awards.

International students encounter many challenges when accessing basic services. Annoitte Radford reports for Honi Soit

NSW Police have released a new manual on instructions for conducting a controversial practice that has been slammed by legal experts. Gavin Fernando reports for news.com.au

Members of NSW Police are set to be grilled by the state’s law enforcement watchdog over the strip-searching of a 16-year-old girl at Splendour in the Grass. Angus Thompson reports for the Sydney Morning Herald

NSW Police drew their tasers almost 3000 times over the past five years and in over 1000 of these cases officers logged a mental health issue, internal police records reveal. Nigel Gladstone reports for The Sydney Morning Herald

NSW Police drew their tasers almost 3000 times in the course of duty over the past five years, according to internal police records, with officers logging a mental-health issue in more than 1000 of these cases. Nigel Gladstone reports for The Sydney Morning Herald