Two Met Police officers committed gross misconduct after ‘humiliating’ strip search of Child Q
A disciplinary trial, two metropolitan police officers, a 15 -year -old black student during the “disproportionate” and “humiliating” strip search during the search.
The young person, known as the child Q, had to reveal intimate pieces when he was searched for a school in Hackney, east of London, after being suspected of carrying marijuana in 2020.
Following an investigation by the Independent Police Behavior Office (IPC), the Police Disciplinary Panel found that the child’s decision to conduct a ribbon research was “disproportionate, inappropriate and unnecessary, which made him feel humiliating and distorted for the child”.
The actions of the trainee detective officer Kristina Linge and PC Rafal Szmydynski reigned on Thursday as a result of a four -week abuse, a four -week abuse of PC Victoria Wray, the behavior of PC Victoria Wray.
IOPC Director Amanda Rowe said: ız We have sympathy about the young woman and her family, who were children at that time. In the heart of this case, it is important to admit that she is a child who is not exposed to a lane in a vulnerable position, in a vulnerable position.
Met, Child, said they were “deeply sad ve for the experience of Child Q and apologized for the“ organizational failures olan that led to a lane search.
The panel, headed by Met Commander Jason Prins, found that three civil servants violated the standards of various police professional behavior, not those related to equality and diversity or honesty and honesty. He could not find evidence that there was a factor in the decisions of the race or that the child was adult.
Mrs Rowe added: “This case has been widely caused by the public concern, and we heard from a series of direct community stakeholders about the impact of this event on the trust and trust in policing.
“A 15 -year -old child search decisions were completely disproportionately disproportionately.
Met Police Commander Kevin Southworth said: “The child’s experience should never be realized and we should have been really sad. Since this event, we sincerely apologized to Q Q.
“Although the relevant civil servants do not act correctly, we accept that there are organizational failures. The type of search carried out on the training and child Q was insufficient and the supervision of power was lacking around the Strip Search. These left officers who are generally young in service make difficult decisions in complex situations to make difficult decisions in networks.
“What was the child Q is a catalyst for both met and national policing. We shouldn’t need an event like Child Q to control our approach, but it has led us to improve our processes and significantly reduce the number of such searches.
“Unfortunately, we know that there are children exploited to carry drugs and weapons for others in London, so such searches should remain in the police forces.
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