"We’re introducing a bill to wind back some oppressive police powers"
Strip Searching
Involving incidents at Splendour in the Grass and Lost City music festivals in 2018/2019.
A year after police were criticised for conducting potentially unlawful searches at the same festival.
One 15-year-old boy was also told to expose his genitals.
Some as young as 12 years old.
The senior constable has admitted circumstances did not meet the level of urgency required for a strip search.
64% of strip searches prompted by sniffer dogs in 2016-17 found nothing.
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