NSW Greens say police filling 'quotas' for personal searches

The New South Wales Greens party has revealed what it calls a "quota" of personal and strip-searches that police are ordered to conduct over 12 months.

Police officers search a women (centre) after being handcuffed in Sydney on Wednesday, April 30, 2008. Source: AAP

New numbers show New South Wales police aimed to conduct more than 240,000 personal searches last financial year, including ‘frisk’ and strip-searches.

The figures were obtained by state Greens MP David Shoebridge under Freedom of Information laws.

A police officer conducts a search. Source: NSW Police

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