Separately, only 30% of strip-search records showed ‘seriousness and urgency’ threshold was met to justify action under law
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Fewer than a third of New South Wales police strip-search records over the past two years indicated that officers had complied with rules designed to protect people’s privacy and dignity, a survey conducted by the police watchdog has found.
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) audit of strip-searches, released on Monday, also found “low standards of record-keeping” for the sample of 359 records it analysed from five music festivals in 2021 and 2022.
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