Black children were up to six times more likely to be strip-searched by police and more than half of the almost-3,000 strip-searches in recent years have taken place without an appropriate adult present, a report has shown.Locations for searches across England and Wales included police vehicles and schools with a small number even taking place in takeaways and amusement parks, the research by the Children's Commissioner revealed. Dame Rachel de Souza said the findings demonstrated "evidence of d

Black children were up to six times more likely to be strip-searched by police and more than half of the almost-3,000 strip-searches in recent years have taken place without an appropriate adult present, a report has shown.Locations for searches across England and Wales included police vehicles and schools with a small number even taking place in takeaways and amusement parks, the research by the Children's Commissioner revealed. Dame Rachel de Souza said the findings demonstrated "evidence of deeply concerning practice" with "widespread non-compliance" with statutory safeguards, and added that children are "being failed by those whose job it is to protect them".