Carrying a set of keys on a train could result in a police officer asking you to empty your pockets under proposed Queensland laws, a public hearing has heard.
Should they pass parliament, the laws will give police "exceptional" powers to search people for knives on public transport and in nightclub precincts without reasonable suspicion.
They will do so using metal detection wands, but a review following a trial on the Gold Coast found an increased number of drug detections linked to the searches.
