The Latest Breaking News from Child Q

An investigation by the police watchdog began last year following public concern over the case of Child Q

The protest against the police abuse of a teenage girl at her school showed that people refuse to tolerate black children being seen as less than human, says teacher and writer Lola Okolosie

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire and Rescue Services initiated the process as the Met Police did not manage to eradicate a cause of concern. It follows a number of scandals including the strip search of a 15-year-old girl known as Child Q.

After outrage over case of Child Q, force asks IOPC to examine incidents involving children aged 14-17

In a major speech, the Mayor said he owed it to victims such as Sarah Everard and Stephen Lawrence to deliver major change at Scotland Yard

Teenager was searched by police who knew she was menstruating and wrongly suspected her of carrying cannabis

The youngster was wrongly suspected of carrying cannabis

The officers have each been served with gross misconduct notices in relation to the incident which happened in 2020.

In 2020, two police officers in Hackney strip-searched a 15-year-old Black girl at her school. Police conducted the search of this child, known as Child Q, without the consent of her parents, without an appropriate adult present (despite this being required by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984), and…