School deputy safeguard did not expect girl, 15, to be strip searched by police

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The staff member whose telephone call led to a 15-year-old girl being stripped searched by police at school while on her period said she did not ask for the intimate search.

The deputy safeguarding manager said she was “highly suspicious” that the black schoolgirl known only as Child Q, had cannabis on her but she called on the advice of the designated police safer schools officer (SSO) and “absolutely” did not ask for a strip search.