PSNI ‘appeared to ignore rules’ in strip searches of children, review finds

A Policing Board report has made a number of recommendations on the strip searching of children by the PSNI (Niall Carson/PA)

The PSNI “appeared to ignore the rules” by not ensuring an appropriate adult was present at the vast majority of strip searches carried out on children in custody last year, a review has found.

The human rights review carried out by the Policing Board also said the absence of proper records makes it difficult to ascertain whether any of the 27 strip searches carried out by police in 2022 was lawful.