NSW Attorney-General labels strip-searches 'traumatising'

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NSW Attorney-General Mark Speakman has labelled strip-searches 'potentially very traumatising' and said police must use the power to conduct them 'appropriately and carefully' | LisaVisentin

"To strip-search someone is traumatising for the subjects they strip-search, particularly if they are children, so we want to make sure the balance is right," Mr Speakman said.Mr Speakman said he had never been strip-searched but added: "I can imagine it would be potentially very traumatising for anyone who is.The Attorney-General's remarks come amid

into the allegedly illegal strip-searching of three teenage boys at the Lost City under-18s music festival on February 23 this year.On Monday, the inquiry heard evidence the NSW Police had conducted strip-searches on minors, including the three boys, without a support person present.told the inquiryHe said the requirements needed to be "spelled out ... because I'm sure everyone in this room would have a different opinion.

Mr Speakman would not be drawn on what measures the government would consider to ensure the law achieved the correct balance, but said it would look "very closely" at the inquiry's recommendations once they were handed down. "I don't want to preempt the results of that inquiry, but when we get those recommendations we will look at the recommendations very closely," Mr Speakman said.

 

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LisaVisentin That's exactly what they're not doing MarkSpeakman! How about you pull your head out of your arse and do something about it instead of paying more lip-service to the issue!? stripsearch Police PoliceBrutality drugs

LisaVisentin There is a difference between use of power to conduct searches appropriately & one of deliberate policy & legislation breaches.

LisaVisentin wouldn't be needed if the little shits didn't use drugs

LisaVisentin End the illegal practice and sex abuse of children by nswpol now.

LisaVisentin Conduct strip searches “appropriately and carefully”....really? They often don’t even do it lawfully. Hence the enquiry. The strip search policy is sexually traumatising young people and is unacceptable to decent people. MarkSpeakman GladysB

LisaVisentin Conduct strip searches “appropriately and carefully”....really? They often don’t even do it lawfully. Hence the class action. The strip search policy is sexually traumatising young people and is unacceptable to decent people. MarkSpeakman GladysB

LisaVisentin Mate, the average dickhead cop couldn't spell 'appropriately' let alone know its meaning.

LisaVisentin They should be stopped all together imagine koalakiller standing there in the nud and an officer says lift your boobs and hang on to you stomach ....yes well just imagine the 12 yr old holding his penis and then told to lift his balls..... sounds like a pedos act i say

LisaVisentin There is this politician who likes to stripper-search. Is that the same thing 🤔

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