Senior cops’ ‘failure’ before horror strip search

Cops’ ‘failure’ before ‘humiliating’ strip search: court

NSW Police working at the 2018 Splendour in the Grass music festival failed on each of the 204 reported searches to explain why a strip search was necessary, a court has been told, as it faces a lawsuit over the practice.

Cops’ ‘failure’ before strip search: court

A breakdown in training and supervision in a state’s police force led to a woman’s “humiliating” strip search, a court has been told.

Harry Miller blasts police who searched a pensioner's home - 'Humiliating!'

Fair Cop founder Harry Miller has expressed outrage after police officers searched a pensioner's home and criticised his collection of "Brexity books".The incident involved Julian Foulkes, a 71-year-old retired special constable from Gillingham, Kent. Officers handcuffed Foulkes and scrutinised his book collection, which included works by Spectator columnist Douglas Murray. Miller condemned the police action as intimidation tactics, saying offic…

‘No justification’ for strip searches at music festivals, class action lawyers say

The NSW Police Force planned to conduct strip searches but never turned their mind to whether the examinations fell within the bounds of statutory safeguards and if the officers were properly trained and supervised, lawyers for a class action have argued in closing submissions.