Restrict circumstances when police can conduct strip searches

The Government should reform the rules allowing strip searches so that these cannot be conducted on the spot, can be only be conducted if a suspect is under arrest, and can only take place in the presence of a companion.

This petition closed on 28 Jan 2021 with 24 signatures


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