Strip searches
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NSW Police misconduct
Joey wanted a fun day out. She ended up being stripped naked and humiliated
Thousands of people strip searched at music festivals may be owed compensation from NSW Police.
- by Riley Walter and Nick Newling
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Naked strip-search on youth detainees ‘wrong’, NSW Ombudsman finds
In 2019 three youths were forced to strip naked, lift their penises and in one case part their buttocks for inspection with a torch at a NSW juvenile jail.
- by Josh Dye
Drugs in body no reason to strip-search: police watchdog
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has delivered a lengthy report on strip searches following a public inquiry, saying the practice had no "logical basis".
- by Angus Thompson and Lucy Cormack
Watchdog recommends NSW Police apologise to woman strip-searched at festival
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission detailed a series of complaints investigated by police after strip-searches performed in 2018 and 2019.
- by Georgina Mitchell
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NSW Police misconduct
Teenage strip search victim rejects police 'apology' claim
The lawyer for the 18-year-old woman also sent a cease-and-desist letter to Police Commissioner Mick Fuller over on-air comments he made last November.
- by Angus Thompson
Police had 'no idea' about strip search laws, watchdog finds
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission urged NSW Police to adopt a firm policy on exactly when strip searches should be conducted.
- by Angus Thompson
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Indigenous justice
Aboriginal girl fights to exclude men from seeing strip search footage
The 16-year-old is seeking in the Supreme Court to uphold the cultural sanctity of women's business.
- by Angus Thompson and Ella Archibald-Binge
Strip search inquiry revived amid questions over watchdog's future
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission is suffering from instability and an uncertain future over its leadership, a parliamentary committee has heard.
- by Angus Thompson
Eleven teenagers found with illegal substances after festival strip-searches
Almost all of the dozen strip-searches carried out at an underage music festival in Sydney provided a positive result, police have confirmed.
- by Matt Bungard
Two teenagers charged with drug supply at under-18s music festival
A 14-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy were allegedly found with large quantities of MDMA capsules at the Lost City music festival for under-18s.
- by Matt Bungard
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Police
'Systemic unlawfulness': 88 per cent of NSW Police searches found nothing
Police found nothing in 88 per cent of the 211,000 personal searches conducted under the force's quota-based system in 2018, prompting concerns the regime is leading to an abuse of police powers to meet targets.
- by Pallavi Singhal and Angus Thompson
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