📣 Our June 2025 newsletter is out now. We cover the misconduct hearing for the officers responsible for the strip search of Child Q in detail, including insights from our staff and volunteers who attended much of the hearing over the course of more than 3 weeks. We also share more stories of supposed "child-centred policing" that became a buzzword in the aftermath of Child Q, and how it is not quite what it seems... 🔗 Link in bio to subscribe (fb)

📢 Two of the three officers responsible for the search of Child Q have been found to have committed gross misconduct, and the third to have committed misconduct. Their sanctions are to be determined. While this may seem like good news on the surface, it is not entirely cause for celebration. The misconduct panel found that Child Q's race did not influence the officers and, most shockingly of all, that she was not subject to adultification. This is despite all of the evidence presented during the three weeks of hearing, including Child Q being described as "mature for her age" among other things. As always, it is impossible for racism to be proven against police unless it is of the most overt and extreme kind. There remains, in 2025, a complete inability to acknowledge that racism is pervasive and perpetrated through more than just words. But what should we expect from a force whose leader refuses to accept its long acknowledged institutional racism? (fb)