ACT rejects call to expand police powers for random knife searches | The Canberra Times

But they were backed by the Australian Federal Police Association, whose president, Alex Caruana, said: “It also reduces the risk of needle stick injuries that officers sometimes face during conventional searches. Additionally, wand searches protect the dignity of the person being searched as they are much less intrusive than a physical pat-down search. However, conventional searches will still have their place where necessary.”