Four Met officers face disciplinary hearings over schoolgirl strip-search

Three of officers face accusations of gross misconduct over search of Child Q at Hackney school in 2020

Four Metropolitan police officers are to face disciplinary proceedings over the strip-search of a 15-year-old schoolgirl known as Child Q.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said three of the officers faced accusations of gross misconduct over the search, carried out at a school in Hackney, east London, in December 2020. It is alleged that the decision to carry out the search, while the girl was on her period, was inappropriate; Child Q was discriminated against because of her race and sex; there was no appropriate adult present; and the officers did not get authorisation from a supervisor.