Police records relating to strip searching at a Sydney music festival were inaccurate and one database indicated only one officer was involved in searches, when in reality it was at least five or six, a misconduct inquiry hears.
The commissioner of a misconduct inquiry into strip searches conducted on minors at a Sydney music festival has slammed a lack of police record keeping as"baffling".An inquiry is investigating strip searches conducted at the Lost City Music Festival held at Sydney Olympic Park in February
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission is holding public hearings into strip searches conducted at the Lost City Music Festival at Sydney Olympic Park in February. A detective sergeant given the codename GEN7 told the commission that was inaccurate because when he attended there were"at least five or six" officers there.
"I was of the view that delaying the searching of these persons would result in evidence being concealed or destroyed," he said.
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