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22nd April 2022
04:31pm BST

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“The police have enormous power allowing them to stop and search and strip-search Londoners," Russell told the Evening Standard. “There may be some circumstances where this is needed, but Londoners and the people who police us need an urgent conversation about the way these powers are used in relation to the strip searching of children.”
This comes after the now-viral story that saw Child Q strip-searched by female officers after her teacher had smelt marijuana. The incident happened in 2020 at a school in Hackney and a safeguarding report published in March detailed how she had her intimate areas exposed and was even told to remove her sanitary towel.
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Scotland Yard described the officers' actions as "regrettable", adding that it "should never have happened."
After calls for resignations, Hackney mayor Philip Glanville said the "school leadership has lost the confidence of the school, myself and the community."
The school's headteacher revealed they would be stepping down earlier this week, with a replacement already set to take over.
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