Two Metropolitan Police officers who strip-searched a 15-year-old Black schoolgirl while she was on her period have been found guilty of gross misconduct.
The incident, which took place at a school in Hackney, east London, in 2020, saw the girl, known as Child Q, searched by officers who believed she was carrying cannabis.
A misconduct panel concluded that the strip search, which involved the exposure of her intimate parts, was 'disproportionate, inappropriate and unnecessary.'
No drugs were found on the child.
The hearing also heard how the ordeal left the schoolgirl feeling 'humiliated' and 'degraded.'
