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Met Police officers investigated over arrest of strip-searched child

1 min read Youth Justice
Four serving Metropolitan Police Officers are being investigated over the arrest and detention of a child who was strip-searched, the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has confirmed.
The IOPC has confirmed four police officers are being investigated. Picture: Brian Jackson/Adobe Stock
The IOPC has confirmed four police officers are being investigated. Picture: Brian Jackson/Adobe Stock

The IOPC said, in a statement, that a police sergeant and three constables have been served notices "in relation to the arrest and detention of the child, who was strip-searched by officers".  

It added: “The serving of misconduct notices does not necessarily mean disciplinary proceedings will follow.”

The investigation relates to a referral received by the IOPC in May 2022, when the police watchdog received a number of referrals in the wake of the Child Q case which saw a 15-year-old black girl strip-searched by Met Police officers at school while she was on her period.

A previous analysis of Met Police data, conducted by children’s commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza, in August, found that 650 children were strip-searched in London between 2018 and 2020.

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