Cliff Notes – Strip search of 15-year-old schoolgirl
- Two Metropolitan Police officers found guilty of gross misconduct during the strip search of a 15-year-old girl, known as Child Q, without an appropriate adult present.
- The police watchdog confirmed no drugs were found, prompting outrage and protests after the incident came to light in 2022.
- Scotland Yard acknowledged organisational failings, pledging to improve processes and reduce similar searches, while emphasising the need for safeguarding young individuals in policing.
Child Q: Two Met Police officers committed gross misconduct over strip search of 15-year-old schoolgirl | UK News
Two Metropolitan Police officers committed gross misconduct during the strip search of a 15-year-old schoolgirl wrongly suspected of possessing cannabis, a misconduct hearing has found.
PCs Kristina Linge, Victoria Wray, and Rafal Szmydynski conducted the search of the black girl, known as Child Q, with no appropriate adult present at a school in Hackney, east London, in 2020.
Scotland Yard apologised, and the Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, described the case as “shocking” after details of the incident emerged in 2022.
