December 07, 2022 | Policing Other
Reference: FOI-2022-02940
Request
Request 1
How many 'strip searches' were carried out by your officers in the past three years (1st November 2019 - 31st October 2022) while the person being searched was in police custody.
Please list each occasion and the information by:
a) sex of person searched
b) age of person searched
c) ethnicity of person searched
d) reason given for the search
e) outcome of the search (items found?)
Request 2
How many 'strip searches' were carried out by your officers in the past three years (1st November 2019 - 31st October 2022) while the person being searched was not in police custody.
Please list each occasion and the information by:
a) sex of person searched
b) age of person searched
c) ethnicity of person searched
d) reason given for the search
e) outcome of the search (items found?)
f) whether the individual was then arrested