Cops accused of gross misconduct after lady strip-searched in school

Four Metropolitan Police officers are to face disciplinary proceedings over the strip-search of a 15-year-old schoolgirl generally known as Child Q.

Watchdog the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) stated three of the officers face accusations of gross misconduct over the search, carried out at a college in Hackney, east London in December 2020.

They face allegations that the choice to hold out the search, carried out whereas the lady was on her interval, was inappropriate, Child Q was discriminated in opposition to due to her race and intercourse, there was no applicable grownup current and the officers didn’t get authorisation from a supervisor.

The fourth officer could have a lesser disciplinary assembly over the truth that no applicable grownup was current.

Met bosses have additionally been instructed by the IOPC that they need to take into account writing formal letters of apology to Child Q and her mom.

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