Strip Searches: In 'the police interest to follow Greater Manchester Police', says Dame Vera Baird

Strip searches are no longer being carried out by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) except as a last resort, after an independent review into the force's treatment of women and girls in police custody. A Sky News investigation in 2023 into the custody practices of GMP led to the inquiry by former victims' commissioner Dame Vera Baird. She told us the recommendations implemented from her report “should be a blueprint” for the rest of the UK. If "unlawful practices can be cancelled in one force, then it makes it all the clearer that they're unlawful in others", she said. Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/greater-ma... #police #investigation #skynews SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos:    / skynews   Follow us on Twitter:   / skynews   Like us on Facebook:   / skynews   Follow us on Instagram:   / skynews   Follow us on TikTok:   / skynews   For more content go to http://news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/sky-n... Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https://podfollow.com/skynewsdaily/ Sky News videos are now available in Spanish here/Los video de Sky News están disponibles en español aquí:    / @skynewsespanol   To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https://news.sky.com/info/library-sales