Call for strip-search laws to be tightened

120 people have been strip-searched in NSW since the start of the year.

File photo Source: AAP

A massive increase in strip-searches by police is causing unnecessary harm and humiliation to people, according to a new report. Legal experts say laws should be tightened - to better protect vulnerable members of the public from being exposed without proper justification.



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