More than 5,500 people in New South Wales have found themselves with police records after being strip searched by cops - despite nothing incriminating being found.
Redfern Legal Centre acquired data from 2018 to 2020 that showed thousands of people had their information recorded in a police database following a strip search.
But nothing illegal had actually been found from these searches, The Guardian reported.
More than 5,500 New South Wales residents have found themselves with police records after being strip searched by cops - despite nothing incriminating being found (stock)
Of the strip searches documented in the Computerised Operational Policing System, police did not uncover anything illegal in 61 per cent of cases.
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