Met Police officers investigated over strip-search of girl, 15

Four Metropolitan Police officers are being investigated aft the strip-search of a 15-year-old miss successful London.

The girl's parent made a ailment pursuing the hunt astatine Walworth Police Station, Kennington, connected 11 December 2020, aft her daughter's arrest.

A constabulary sergeant and 3 constabulary constables person been fixed misconduct notices by the constabulary watchdog.

A spokesperson for the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said serving misconduct notices did not ever mean disciplinary hearings would follow.

The mother's ailment to the Met Police was among different incidents referred to the IOPC pursuing nationalist interest implicit the lawsuit of Child Q, the IOPC confirmed.

"We tin corroborate that 4 Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers person been served misconduct notices arsenic portion of our ongoing investigation," the spokesperson said.

"A constabulary sergeant and 3 constabulary constables person been served notices successful narration to the apprehension and detention of the child, who was strip-searched by MPS officers.

"Our probe began pursuing a referral successful May 2022.

"The serving of misconduct notices does not needfully mean disciplinary proceedings volition follow. Due to the sensitivities surrounding this matter, we cannot supply immoderate further accusation astatine this time."

Last year, Child Q announced she would writer her schoolhouse and the Met Police aft a safeguarding report published successful March recovered the strip-search successful Hackney was unjustified and racism was "likely" to person been a factor.

The study said the girl, who was menstruating, had been taken retired of an exam to the school's aesculapian country and strip-searched by officers who were looking for cannabis, portion teachers remained outside.

No different big was present, her parents were not contacted, and nary drugs were found.

She was subjected to what constabulary telephone an MTIP search, oregon 'More Thorough hunt wherever Intimate Parts are exposed', and the reappraisal said she had been made to instrumentality disconnected her sanitary towel.