It came after reports that three women had accused the force of unjustified strip searches after being arrested.
Women were "unlawfully and unnecessarily" arrested by Greater Manchester Police with officers often taking the side of the other party over them, an "explosive" report has found.
The report detailed experiences of women across nine custody suites who were left begging for sanitary products, naked, unable to use the toilet, or without medication. Marlon, Scarlett's dad, said: "She's been raped, sexually abused, then going into the care of the police, they're looking after a 14-year-old girl, to then strip search her down to her knickers and bra.
Former GMP detective Maggie Oliver described the inquiry as “another damning indictment of one of the country’s largest police forces”. Custody records, detention logs, crime reports, witness statements and CCTV footage were among documents and data that were trawled through. On arrests, Dame Vera notes: “It is of concern that in a number of cases in this inquiry where there is a continuing dispute, the police appear to have supported one side and taken criminal justice action – in particular, arrest – against the other party.”
Nationally, work could be done to see if two levels of strip searching, varying from thorough to intimate with the appropriate go-ahead, could be introduced. She said: “Maria was very badly treated by GMP”, and as a domestic abuse victim she should have had a link to the officer in her case and to a local domestic abuse charity via the 24-hour national helpline so that her support needs could have been met without six hours of telephoning the police to get help.
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