Sophie Khan, a legal director of Police Action Centre, a charity that advises people on their rights if they wish to pursue an action against the police, said she was especially concerned about the powers being used against children.
The solicitor-advocate, specialising in actions against the police, said: “The police need to look at this issue very carefully.
“There needs to be some linked-in thinking about whether it’s necessary to be strip searching children. There must be another reasonable method to try to restrain or detain them without having to go as far as strip searching them.
“The number of people being released without charge seem to show it’s being used too freely.”
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