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GIPA 2019-1099 – Strip search request
The data in this request has been extracted from the NSWPF Computerised Operational Policing System (COPS) via EDW. The data is current at 29/04/2019.
• Strip searches can occur in two contexts: in the field and in custody. The information below only includes strip searches done in the field. • These statistics are searches where LEPRA powers have been used and exclude those undertaken as part of police arrest and custody procedures. • The total number of strip searches in this request have excluded searches where the age and gender of the POI are unknown.
1. A location break-down by suburb where strip searches by NSW Police occurred for the calendar periods: 2016-17 & 2017-18. Suburbs where no strip searches have occurred are not included in this list.
Suburb 2016-17 2017-18 Abbotsbury 0 20 Abbotsford 1 0 Aberdare 1 0 Aberglasslyn 1 1 Abermain 0 2 Adamstown 2 1 Adelong 0 1 Airds 7 5 Albion Park Rail 3 2 Albury 11 5 Aldavilla 16 24 Alexandria 1 0
Alfords Point 1 0
Allawah 1 1
Alpine 0 1 Ambarvale 17 3
Anna Bay 2 3
Annandale 2 3
Argenton 0 1
Ariah Park 0 1
Armidale 6 9 Arncliffe 0 1
Arndell Park 0 1
Artarmon 1 0
Ashcroft 7 10
Ashfield 20 12
Ashley 1 0 Ashmont 9 2
Asquith 1 0
Attunga 0 2
Auburn 15 28
Avoca Beach 1 0 Back Forest 2 0
Balgownie 4 0
Ballina 2 3
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Balmain 2 1 Balmain East 0 2 Balranald 1 1 Bangor 4 3 Banksia 3 0 Bankstown 6 12 Banora Point 2 4 Bar Beach 1 0 Baradine 0 2 Barangaroo 0 2 Bargo 0 1 Barham 1 0 Barmedman 0 3 Barnsley 1 0 Barooga 1 2 Barrack Heights 2 6 Bass Hill 1 1 Bateau Bay 3 0 Batehaven 0 1 Batemans Bay 7 9 Bathurst 35 25 Baulkham Hills 4 10 Beaumont Hills 3 1 Beelbangera 3 0 Bega 1 3 Belfield 1 0 Bell 0 1 Bellambi 7 5 Bellevue Hill 2 3 Belmont 1 1
Belmont North 1 0
Belmore 2 4
Bendemeer 0 1
Bennetts Green 1 0 Beresfield 1 0
Berkeley 15 8
Berkshire Park 10 1
Berowra 0 1
Berrima 0 3
Beverley Park 0 1 Beverly Hills 3 0
Bewong 0 1
Bexley 6 3
Bidwill 2 1
Bingara 0 1
Binnaway 1 0 Black Head 0 3
Blackett 1 0
Blacktown 12 9
Blackwall 1 0
Blakehurst 0 4
Blaxland 1 0 Blayney 1 0
Blue Bay 2 0
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Blue Knob 1 0 Boambee 0 1 Boambee East 1 0 Bobs Farm 1 0 Bodangora 1 2 Bogan Gate 0 1 Boggabilla 3 4 Bomaderry 21 9 Bomera 2 0 Bondi 4 8 Bondi Beach 18 19 Bondi Junction 28 38 Bonnet Bay 1 0 Bonny Hills 1 0 Bonnyrigg 4 0 Bonnyrigg Heights 3 3 Bonville 0 1 Booragul 0 3 Bossley Park 1 3 Bostobrick 1 0 Botany 0 1 Bourke 6 4 Bow Bowing 0 1 Bowen Mountain 1 0 Bowenfels 1 1 Bowman 0 2 Bowral 2 1 Bradbury 3 0 Bray Park 2 1 Brewarrina 1 0
Brighton-Le-Sands 1 2
Bringelly 0 2
Broadmeadow 11 6
Brocklehurst 0 1 Broke 0 1
Broken Hill 2 14
Bronte 2 4
Brookvale 5 6
Brownlow Hill 5 8
Brunswick Heads 3 1 Budgewoi 0 1
Bulahdelah 2 1
Bulli 4 0
Burwood 6 2
Burwood Heights 0 1
Busby 1 1 Byron Bay 3 37
Cabramatta 51 19
Cabramatta West 11 8
Calderwood 2 0
Callaghan 1 0
Cambewarra 0 1 Cambridge Park 0 1
Camden 2 7
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Camden South 1 0 Cammeray 1 0 Campbelltown 28 30 Camperdown 21 46 Campsie 7 4 Caniaba 2 0 Canley Heights 10 2 Canley Vale 12 5 Canterbury 10 3 Cardiff 0 2 Caringbah 16 11 Caringbah South 1 0 Carlingford 4 5 Carlton 2 1 Carramar 1 1 Carrick 3 0 Cartwright 1 0 Casino 1 2 Castle Hill 11 12 Casuarina 1 0 Casula 0 2 Catalina 1 0 Cataract 1 0 Cecil Hills 0 1 Centennial Park 66 83 Cessnock 39 41 Charlestown 2 2 Charmhaven 1 3 Chatswood 4 3 Chatsworth 0 1
Chester Hill 2 5
Chifley 0 3
Chinderah 0 6
Chippendale 7 5 Chipping Norton 4 0
Clarenza 0 2
Claymore 5 0
Clemton Park 1 0
Clovelly 2 1
Cobar 0 4 Coffs Harbour 35 37
Colebee 0 1
Collaroy 1 0
Comberton 0 1
Como 2 0
Concord 0 3 Condell Park 0 3
Condobolin 0 2
Coniston 3 3
Conjola 0 2
Coogee 0 7
Cooks Hill 2 2 Coolongolook 4 0
Cooma 5 8
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Coonabarabran 9 13 Coonamble 2 7 Cootamundra 1 3 Cordeaux Heights 0 1 Corlette 1 0 Corowa 2 7 Corrimal 6 8 Cowra 7 2 Cranebrook 2 2 Cremorne 0 4 Cringila 2 7 Cromer 2 0 Cronulla 4 4 Crookwell 0 1 Croom 2 0 Croydon 1 0 Cundletown 1 0 Cunningar 0 2 Curl Curl 1 0 Daceyville 1 3 Dapto 6 6 Darawank 1 0 Darling Harbour 0 2 Darling Point 1 4 Darlinghurst 29 46 Darlington 0 2 Darlington Point 1 1 Dean Park 1 0 Dee Why 8 7 Deepwater 0 1
Denhams Beach 2 0
Deniliquin 14 17
Denman 1 2
Diamond Beach 2 0 Doctor George Mountain 2 0
Doonside 0 2
Dorrigo 0 1
Double Bay 8 28
Downside 1 0
Dubbo 15 31 Dulwich Hill 2 12
Dungog 1 0
Dungowan 1 0
Dunolly 0 1
Dural 1 0
Dyers Crossing 1 0 Eagle Vale 2 1
Earlwood 2 0
East Albury 1 0
East Corrimal 1 1
East Kempsey 1 0
East Lismore 2 0 East Maitland 6 0
Eastlakes 0 2
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Eden 1 2 Edensor Park 1 1 Edgecliff 5 4 Edgeworth 2 2 Elderslie 2 2 Elermore Vale 1 0 Elizabeth Bay 12 16 Emerton 2 1 Emu Plains 0 2 Enfield 1 0 Engadine 11 1 Enmore 6 0 Epping 0 4 Erina 3 2 Ermington 1 1 Erskineville 1 1 Eschol Park 1 0 Eveleigh 3 2 Failford 3 2 Fairfield 5 14 Fairfield East 2 1 Fairfield Heights 1 0 Fairfield West 9 1 Fairy Meadow 2 3 Falls Creek 0 3 Fassifern 1 2 Figtree 15 3 Fingal Head 2 0 Five Dock 3 0 Forbes 9 9
Forest Lodge 3 0
Forestville 0 2
Forster 80 40
Frenchs Forest 2 5 Freshwater 1 0
Georges Hall 2 0
Georgetown 1 0
Gerogery 1 0
Ghinni Ghinni 2 0
Gilgandra 3 10 Gillenbah 1 1
Gillieston Heights 0 1
Girraween 1 0
Gladesville 0 1
Glanmire 1 0
Glebe 44 45 Gledswood Hills 1 0
Glen Alpine 0 1
Glen Innes 1 2
Glencoe 3 2
Glendale 0 1
Glenfield 8 2 Glenreagh 1 0
Glenroy 3 0
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Glenthorne 0 3 Glenugie 1 0 Glenwood 1 3 Glenworth Valley 0 10 Gloucester 1 2 Gollan 1 0 Goonellabah 3 0 Gorokan 0 1 Gosford 18 7 Goulburn 64 96 Grafton 15 9 Granville 5 9 Gravesend 0 1 Green Valley 2 1 Greenacre 2 4 Gregory Hills 1 2 Greigs Flat 1 1 Grenfell 4 0 Griffith 11 6 Guildford 3 5 Guildford West 0 1 Gulgong 2 2 Gundagai 1 0 Gunnedah 4 0 Gwynneville 0 1 Gymea 6 2 Haberfield 4 1 Hamilton 5 4 Hamilton North 1 0 Hamilton South 6 3
Hamlyn Terrace 1 0
Harden 3 0
Harrington 0 1
Harrington Park 3 5 Harris Park 3 0
Harwood 0 1
Hay 3 2
Haymarket 22 36
Hazelbrook 0 1
Heathcote 4 0 Heatherbrae 0 3
Hebersham 0 1
Heckenberg 0 3
Helensburgh 2 0
Hexham 0 2
Hill Top 1 0 Hillsdale 2 1
Hillston 1 0
Hillvue 0 1
Hinchinbrook 1 0
Homebush 4 4
Homebush West 0 2 Hopefield 1 0
Hornsby 5 3
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Hornsby Heights 1 0 Horseshoe Bend 0 1 Horsley Park 4 3 Howlong 1 0 Hoxton Park 0 1 Hurlstone Park 3 6 Hurstville 3 13 Illawong 1 1 Ingleburn 17 23 Inverell 20 3 Islington 4 1 Jamisontown 1 0 Jannali 1 3 Jeogla 0 4 Jerrabomberra 1 1 Jesmond 1 0 Jilliby 1 0 Jindabyne 2 12 Jones Island 0 2 Junction Hill 0 2 Junee 19 36 Kanahooka 1 1 Kanwal 0 2 Karabar 0 1 Kareela 0 3 Kariong 17 29 Katoomba 1 1 Kearsley 0 1 Keiraville 0 1 Kellyville 1 0
Kellyville Ridge 0 2
Kelso 8 13
Kembla Grange 1 2
Kempsey 1 3 Kensington 4 3
Kiama 0 2
Kianga 1 1
Killarney Vale 2 2
Kincumber 2 0
Kings Park 0 1 Kingscliff 0 1
Kingsford 4 10
Kingsgrove 5 0
Kingswood 7 12
Kippenduff 0 2
Kirrawee 15 11 Kirribilli 0 1
Kiwarrak 0 4
Kogarah 10 9
Koonawarra 4 6
Koonorigan 0 1
Kooragang 1 0 Koorainghat 1 1
Kooringal 2 4
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Kootingal 4 5 Korora 1 1 Kotara 1 0 Kurri Kurri 2 6 La Perouse 0 2 Lake Cargelligo 2 0 Lake Haven 1 1 Lake Heights 6 2 Lake Illawarra 3 5 Lake Tabourie 0 1 Lakemba 4 4 Lakesland 0 2 Lalor Park 1 0 Lambton 1 1 Lane Cove 1 0 Lansvale 15 1 Largs 0 1 Lavington 7 4 Lawrence 1 0 Lawson 3 0 Leeton 3 6 Leets Vale 0 1 Leichhardt 8 9 Lemon Tree Passage 0 1 Lethbridge Park 1 0 Leumeah 6 2 Lewisham 0 2 Lidcombe 5 2 Lightning Ridge 3 6 Lilyfield 4 4
Lindendale 1 0
Lismore 24 8
Lithgow 10 18
Little Bay 0 1 Liverpool 28 33
Loftus 0 3
Londonderry 1 1
Long Jetty 4 0
Lord Howe Island 1 0
Lorn 0 1 Lucas Heights 0 2
Lucknow 6 2
Lugarno 0 1
Maclean 1 6
Macquarie Fields 18 9
Macquarie Park 0 1 Magenta 1 0
Maitland 17 23
Malabar 9 27
Mallabula 1 0
Maloneys Beach 0 2
Mangerton 4 7 Manly 6 7
Manly Vale 1 3
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Marayong 0 1 Mardi 1 0 Maroubra 16 24 Marrangaroo 3 1 Marrickville 16 30 Marsden Park 1 0 Marsfield 4 0 Marulan 1 1 Mascot 3 8 Matraville 4 9 Mayfield 3 0 Mcleans Ridges 1 0 Mcmahons Point 0 1 Medowie 0 1 Menai 3 2 Merewether 0 1 Merimbula 2 2 Merrylands 14 5 Merrylands West 4 0 Michelago 1 0 Middleton Grange 1 0 Miller 15 8 Millers Point 1 0 Millthorpe 1 0 Milperra 7 0 Milsons Point 2 0 Minchinbury 0 1 Minnamurra 0 1 Minto 4 5 Minto Heights 0 2
Miranda 15 5
Missabotti 0 1
Mittagong 2 5
Mogo 1 0 Mollyan 1 0
Mollymook 0 1
Mollymook Beach 1 1
Mona Vale 1 3
Monkerai 4 27
Moonbi 0 1 Mooney Mooney Creek 1 0
Moore Park 151 258
Moorebank 1 2
Moree 31 19
Mortdale 5 0
Mortlake 1 0 Moruya 0 4
Mosman 1 0
Moss Vale 4 5
Mossgiel 0 1
Mount Annan 7 2
Mount Austin 2 3 Mount Burrell 1 0
Mount Druitt 8 2
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Mount Hutton 1 0 Mount Keira 2 0 Mount Ousley 0 1 Mount Pritchard 19 8 Mount Saint Thomas 0 5 Mount Warrigal 8 6 Mudgee 36 29 Mullengandra 1 0 Mulwala 3 0 Mundarlo 1 0 Murrin Bridge 0 1 Murwillumbah 4 1 Muswellbrook 27 28 Nabiac 16 5 Nambucca Heads 2 10 Narara 2 18 Narellan 1 5 Narellan Vale 3 3 Narooma 6 1 Narrabeen 0 2 Narrabri 9 1 Narrandera 4 2 Narraweena 3 0 Narwee 1 2 Nelson Bay 5 15 Neutral Bay 2 1 New Brighton 0 1 New Lambton 1 0 Newcastle 31 6 Newcastle East 17 0
Newcastle West 1 4
Newtown 26 29
Niagara Park 0 2
Nimbin 4 3 Norah Head 0 1
Noraville 0 1
North Albury 5 3
North Batemans Bay 0 1
North Bondi 8 3
North Curl Curl 1 0 North Epping 1 0
North Gosford 4 6
North Haven 1 0
North Lismore 2 2
North Macksville 0 1
North Manly 1 2 North Narrabeen 0 4
North Nowra 17 12
North Strathfield 1 0
North Sydney 45 73
North Tamworth 0 6
North Wagga Wagga 1 0 North Wollongong 3 9
Northmead 0 2
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Nowra 50 62 Nundle 0 1 Oak Flats 9 5 Oatley 2 0 Oberon 1 0 Ocean Shores 1 0 Old Bar 3 4 Orange 54 55 Orangeville 0 1 Ourimbah 1 1 Oxford Falls 0 1 Oxley Vale 0 1 Paddington 14 18 Padstow 3 0 Panania 1 0 Parkes 8 7 Parklea 6 13 Parramatta 49 79 Peakhurst 3 0 Peats Ridge 0 9 Pendle Hill 2 0 Penrith 26 69 Penrose 0 3 Penshurst 3 4 Petersham 2 5 Pheasants Nest 0 1 Picton 0 1 Point Clare 1 0 Point Piper 3 0 Pokolbin 1 0
Port Kembla 8 9
Port Macquarie 14 14
Portland 1 2
Potts Point 41 38 Prestons 1 3
Primbee 3 6
Punchbowl 1 8
Purfleet 1 1
Putta Bucca 0 1
Pyrmont 30 71 Quakers Hill 1 3
Queanbeyan 7 7
Queanbeyan East 1 0
Queens Park 3 1
Rainbow Flat 1 0
Ramsgate Beach 0 2 Randwick 40 23
Raymond Terrace 13 16
Razorback 1 0
Redfern 33 12
Regents Park 1 0
Revesby 3 0 Riverstone 3 3
Riverwood 7 11
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Rockdale 12 10 Rooty Hill 2 1 Rose Bay 4 9 Roseberry Creek 1 0 Rosebery 1 1 Rosehill 5 2 Roselands 1 2 Rosemeadow 5 1 Rossmore 1 0 Rouse Hill 3 2 Rozelle 4 3 Rushcutters Bay 0 1 Rutherford 9 10 Rydalmere 1 2 Ryde 3 2 Sadleir 1 1 Salamander Bay 2 4 Salt Ash 1 0 San Remo 3 0 Sanctuary Point 3 6 Sans Souci 3 4 Sawtell 3 0 Schofields 1 1 Scone 0 3 Seven Hills 2 3 Shalvey 1 2 Shellharbour 2 0 Shellharbour City Centre 2 1 Shelly Beach 1 0 Shoal Bay 1 8
Silverwater 3 10
Singleton 2 2
Singleton Heights 4 4
Smithfield 2 0 Soldiers Point 1 1
South Albury 1 0
South Bowenfels 0 1
South Coogee 1 3
South Grafton 17 18
South Granville 1 1 South Hurstville 3 0
South Kempsey 0 4
South Lismore 18 0
South Maitland 15 29
South Murwillumbah 1 0
South Nowra 37 29 South Penrith 0 3
South Tamworth 2 6
South Windsor 2 2
Spring Creek 1 0
Spring Farm 0 2
Springdale Heights 2 0 Springwood 2 1
St Andrews 3 0
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St Clair 1 0 St Fillans 0 1 St Georges Basin 0 1 St Helens Park 3 1 St Ives 0 3 St Leonards 6 1 St Marys 11 7 St Peters 3 2 Stanmore 3 1 Stony Creek 0 1 Strathfield 6 3 Strathfield South 2 0 Stroud 0 2 Summer Hill 7 3 Surry Hills 155 186 Sussex Inlet 0 5 Sutherland 24 14 Sutton Forest 2 2 Sydenham 7 8 Sydney 237 356 Sydney Olympic Park 212 524 Sylvania 1 0 Sylvania Waters 0 3 Tahmoor 1 0 Tamarama 1 2 Tamworth 6 4 Tanilba Bay 1 0 Taree 115 156 Taree South 3 4 Taren Point 0 1
Tarrawanna 1 4
Tascott 1 0
Tea Gardens 5 0
Telarah 9 1 Telopea 1 0
Temora 1 1
Tempe 2 2
Tenambit 1 4
Tenterfield 5 3
Terara 1 0 Terranora 2 0
Terrey Hills 0 1
Terrigal 1 2
The Entrance 1 1
The Junction 0 2
The Rock 1 0 The Rocks 5 14
Thirroul 1 1
Thornton 2 0
Thrumster 1 0
Tighes Hill 1 0
Tinonee 0 2 Tintinhull 1 0
Tocumwal 2 0
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Tolland 1 0 Tomerong 1 4 Toongabbie 1 2 Toormina 4 4 Toowoon Bay 1 2 Toukley 3 1 Townsend 0 1 Towradgi 3 6 Tregear 1 3 Trundle 1 0 Tuggerawong 1 0 Tullarwalla 0 1 Tumbi Umbi 0 1 Tumbulgum 0 1 Tumut 2 2 Tuncurry 38 25 Tura Beach 0 1 Turrella 2 0 Turvey Park 1 1 Tweed Heads 8 8 Tweed Heads South 3 4 Tweed Heads West 7 5 Tyagarah 1 0 Ulladulla 2 5 Ultimo 17 17 Umina Beach 1 4 Unanderra 4 6 Uralla 1 0 Urunga 1 0 Valery 0 1
Vaucluse 5 1
Villawood 13 7
Vincentia 1 2
Wagga Wagga 9 8 Wahroonga 1 0
Waitara 1 0
Wakeley 1 1
Walcha 1 2
Walgett 10 10
Wallsend 8 5 Waratah 2 1
Warilla 15 19
Warnervale 0 1
Warrawong 12 24
Warriewood 0 1
Warwick Farm 14 11 Watanobbi 0 1
Waterloo 3 5
Watsons Bay 3 0
Wauchope 1 3
Waverley 11 7
Waverton 1 0 Way Way 2 0
Webbs Creek 1 1
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Wee Jasper 3 0 Wee Waa 1 0 Wellington 6 19 Wentworth 0 1 Wentworth Falls 1 1 Wentworth Point 0 2 Wentworthville 2 0 Werombi 1 0 Werrington 3 0 West Ballina 2 5 West Bathurst 4 1 West Gosford 3 4 West Hoxton 0 1 West Kempsey 3 4 West Nowra 0 3 West Pennant Hills 0 2 West Ryde 3 0 West Tamworth 1 2 West Wollongong 1 5 West Wyalong 0 2 Westdale 2 0 Westmead 3 3 Weston 0 1 Wetherill Park 1 8 Whalan 0 2 Wheeler Heights 0 1 Whittingham 0 1 Wickham 0 45 Wiley Park 3 4 Willmot 1 1
Wilton 1 0
Windale 2 0
Windang 2 8
Windradyne 0 1 Windsor 2 1
Wingham 3 1
Wolli Creek 6 3
Wollongong 46 44
Woodberry 1 0
Woodcroft 1 0 Woodford 0 1
Woolbrook 0 2
Woolgoolga 1 0
Woollahra 7 10
Woolloomooloo 16 16
Woolooware 2 0 Woongarrah 0 4
Woonona 3 5
Wooyung 25 136
Worrigee 8 5
Worrowing Heights 0 1
Woy Woy 3 3 Wyalong 0 2
Wyee 0 3
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Wyee Point 0 1 Wyoming 2 7 Wyong 2 8 Wyongah 0 1 Yagoona 4 2 Yanco 0 2 Yarrawarrah 1 0 Yass 4 0 Yelgun 0 1 Yenda 1 0 Yetman 1 0 Young 3 2 Zetland 3 2
2. A location break-down by Police Station regarding the number of strip searches by NSW Police for the calendar periods: 2016-17 & 2017-18.
Police Station 2016-17 2017-18
Adelong Ps 0 1 Albury Ps 30 11 Ariah Park Ps 0 1 Armidale Ps 6 13 Ashfield Ps 46 24 Auburn Pac 1 2 Auburn Ps 245 571 Ballina 4 8 Balmain 10 11 Balranald Ps 1 1
Bankstown 40 32
Baradine Ps 0 2
Barham Ps 1 0
Barmedman Ps 0 3 Barooga Ps 1 2
Batemans Bay Ps 11 14
Bathurst Ps 48 40
Bega Ps 3 4
Bellingen 0 1
Belmont 2 1 Bendemeer Ps 0 1
Beresfield Ps 4 0
Berry Ps 2 0
Bingara Ps 0 1
Binnaway Ps 1 0
Blacktown 16 15 Blayney Ps 1 0
Blue Mountains 1 0
Boggabilla Ps 3 4
Bondi Ps 26 27
Botany Bay 6 15
Bourke Ps 6 4 Bowral Ps 5 7
Bowraville 0 1
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Brewarrina Ps 1 0 Broken Hill Ps 2 14 Brunswick Heads 29 3 Bulahdelah 2 1 Bulga Ps 0 1 Burwood Pac 1 2 Burwood Ps 14 6 Byron Bay 3 37 Cabramatta Ps 113 40 Campbelltown Ps 69 43 Campsie 24 35 Capertee Ps 0 1 Cardiff 3 5 Casino 1 4 Cessnock Ps 27 20 Charlestown 6 2 Chatswood Ps 11 4 Cobar Ps 0 4 Coffs Harbour 36 38 Condobolin Ps 0 2 Cooma Ps 5 8 Coonabarabran Ps 11 13 Coonamble Ps 2 7 Coopernook 2 1 Cootamundra Ps 1 3 Corowa Ps 3 7 Cowra Ps 7 2 Cronulla Ps 22 14 Crookwell Ps 0 1 Culburra Ps 0 1
Cumberland Pac 2 2
Darlington Point Ps 1 1
Deepwater Ps 0 1
Deniliquin Ps 14 17 Denman Ps 1 2
Dorrigo 1 1
Dubbo Ps 15 32
Dungog Ps 1 0
Eastern Beaches 110 141
Eastern Suburbs Pac 12 22 Eden Ps 1 2
Ermington Ps 3 3
Fairfield City Pac 11 4
Fairfield Ps 35 57
Forbes Ps 9 9
Forster 119 65 Gilgandra Ps 3 10
Glebe 50 45
Glen Innes Ps 4 4
Glenreagh 1 0
Gloucester 1 4
Gordon 0 3 Gosford 52 94
Goulburn Ps 64 96
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Grafton 32 29 Granville Ps 22 19 Gravesend Ps 0 1 Green Valley Ps 30 29 Grenfell Ps 4 0 Griffith Ps 15 6 Gulgong Ps 2 2 Gundagai Ps 2 0 Gunnedah Ps 4 0 Harden Ps 3 2 Hay Ps 3 2 Helensburgh 2 0 Hillston Ps 1 0 Hornsby 9 3 Howlong Ps 1 0 Huskisson Ps 3 17 Iluka 0 1 Inner West Pac 6 21 Inverell Ps 20 3 Ivanhoe Ps 0 1 Jindabyne Ps 2 12 Junee Ps 19 36 Kangaroo Valley Ps 0 1 Katoomba 2 3 Kempsey 21 35 Kings Cross 86 98 Kingscliff 4 143 Kootingal Ps 5 6 Kuring Gai 0 1 Kurri Kurri Ps 2 9
Kyogle 1 0
Lake Cargelligo Ps 2 1
Lake Illawarra 112 134
Laurieton 2 0 Lawson 3 1
Leeton Ps 3 8
Leichhardt 24 30
Lemon Tree Passage Ps 4 1
Lightning Ridge Ps 3 6
Lismore 53 10 Lithgow Ps 14 20
Liverpool Ps 46 51
Lord Howe Island 1 0
Macksville 2 1
Maclean 2 8
Macquarie Fields Ps 58 43 Maitland Ps 58 71
Maroubra 24 38
Marrickville Ps 34 58
Marulan Ps 4 1
Mendooran Ps 1 0
Merimbula Ps 3 4 Merrylands Ps 14 3
Millthorpe Ps 1 0
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Miranda Ps 17 9 Monaro Pd 1 0 Moree Ps 32 19 Morisset 0 3 Morpeth Ps 0 1 Moruya Ps 0 3 Mosman Ps 1 0 Mt Druitt 20 15 Mt Victoria 0 1 Mudgee Ps 36 31 Mulwala Ps 3 0 Murray River Pd 1 1 Murwillumbah 8 3 Muswellbrook Ps 27 28 Nabiac 26 8 Nambucca Heads 2 10 Narellan Police Station 26 36 Narooma Ps 7 2 Narrabri Ps 9 1 Narrandera Ps 5 3 Nelson Bay Ps 12 31 Newcastle 93 97 Newcastle City 2 0 Newtown Ps 32 41 Nimbin 5 4 North Sydney Ps 52 80 Northern Beaches Pac 33 45 Nowra Ps 136 120 Nsw Marine Area Command 0 2 Nundle Ps 0 1
Oberon Ps 1 0
Orange Ps 61 57
Paddington Ps 9 12
Parkes Ps 8 8 Parramatta 54 81
Penrith Ps 41 78
Picton 3 5
Port Macquarie 15 14
Portland Ps 1 2
Quakers Hill Pac 0 3 Queanbeyan Ps 10 9
Randwick 11 15
Raymond Terrace Ps 16 20
Redfern 47 29
Riverstone Police Station 13 25
Rose Bay Ps 43 57 Ryde Pac 10 7
Ryde Police Station 1 1
Sawtell 8 6
Scone Ps 0 3
Singleton Ps 6 8
Southern Highlands Ps 6 10 Springwood 2 1
St George Pac 75 63
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St Marys Ps 21 20 Stroud Ps 4 29 Surry Hills 318 466 Sussex Inlet Ps 0 7 Sutherland Ps 74 46 Sydney City Pac 317 498 Sydney Water Police 2 1 Tamworth Ps 12 22 Taree 125 179 Tea Gardens Ps 2 0 Temora Ps 1 1 Tenterfield Ps 5 3 Terrigal 2 2 The Entrance 15 6 The Hills 27 33 The Oaks 1 1 The Rock Ps 1 0 Tocumwal Ps 2 0 Toronto 1 6 Toukley 8 9 Trundle Ps 1 0 Tumut Ps 2 2 Tweed Heads 22 21 Ulladulla Ps 3 10 Ulmarra 1 2 Uralla Ps 1 0 Urunga 1 0 Wagga Wagga Ps 26 18 Walcha Ps 1 2 Walcha Road Ps 0 2
Walgett Ps 10 10
Walla Walla Ps 1 0
Waratah 22 9
Wauchope 1 3 Waverley Ps 37 39
Wee Waa Ps 1 0
Wellington Ps 8 21
Wentworth Ps 0 1
Wentworthville 3 3
West Wyalong Ps 0 4 Windsor 5 3
Wingham 3 1
Wisemans Ferry 1 2
Wollongong 107 112
Woolgoolga 1 0
Woy Woy 5 7 Wyong 7 19
Yass Ps 7 0
Yetman Ps 1 0
Young Ps 3 2
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3. A break-down of gender of person's strip searched by NSW Police for the calendar periods: 2016-17 & 2017-18.
Gender 2016-17 2017-18 FEMALE 1,084 1,387 MALE 3,356 4,064
4. A break-down of age of person's strip searched by NSW Police for the calendar periods: 2016-17 & 2017-18.
Age 2016-17 2017-18
10 1 12 2 1 13 8 4 14 13 9 15 20 29 16 45 39 17 46 79 18 174 240 19 217 315 20 229 329 21 227 320 22 222 297 23 237 278 24 188 294 25 167 277 26 199 222 27 170 226
28 146 171
29 142 181
30 145 156 31 137 130
32 118 161
33 140 124
34 134 135
35 124 135
36 113 128 37 119 120
38 94 94
39 83 97
40 82 97
41 76 83
42 75 86 43 70 63
44 62 57
45 57 52
46 55 59
47 58 65
48 42 44 49 34 44
50 28 27
51 24 31
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52 15 27 53 20 20 54 17 14 55 18 13 56 10 14 57 4 10 58 5 10 59 7 11 60 5 7 61 1 5 62 1 8 63 6 2 64 6 1 65 0 2 66 0 2 67 2 0 68 0 1 70 0 1 71 0 1 74 0 1 76 1 0 82 0 1
5. The total number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strip searched by NSW Police for the calendar periods: 2016-17 & 2017-18.
Indigenous 2016-17 2017-18 ATSI 483 535
6. The number of strip searches conducted on a child who is at least 10 years of age but
under 18 by NSW Police for the calendar periods: 2016-17 & 2017-18.
This information is provided in question 4.
7. Out of the number of strip searches conducted on a child 10-18 years, how many were
conducted in presence of a guardian or an acceptable person for the calendar periods:
2016-17 & 2017-18.
This point of the application was withdrawn.
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8. For strip searches conducted by NSW Police for the calendar periods: 2016-17 & 2017- 18 where something was found - a list of items found for each of the years specified.
Object Found 2016-17 2017-18 Drug Implement Yes Yes Drug Yes Yes Firearm Yes Yes Knife/Implement Yes Yes Appliance Electric Yes No Art - Art/Craft No Yes Bank Account Details No Yes Bicycle Yes Yes Book/Stationery Yes Yes Cash/Document Yes Yes Clothing Yes Yes Coin/Card/Stamp Collection Yes No Communications Equipment Yes Yes Computer Ware Yes Yes Credit Card Yes Yes Currency Yes Yes Drivers Licence No Yes Firearm - Accessory/Attachment Yes No Gardening Equipment & Material No Yes Hardware/Building/Decorating Yes Yes Home Entertainment Equipment Yes Yes Jewellery Yes Yes Liquor - Beer/Fortified/Wine Yes No Liquor - Spirit/Liqueur Yes Yes Luggage Yes Yes
Machine No Yes Measuring Instrument Yes No
Medical Item Yes Yes
Medicare Card No Yes
Metal No Yes
Miscellaneous Yes Yes
Navigation Equipment Yes No Office Equipment Yes Yes
Optical Yes Yes
Other Yes Yes
Other Id Card (Club Mbr, Uni, etc) No Yes
Paint/Paint Accessory No Yes
Personal Item Yes Yes Photographic/Video Equipment Yes No
Prescription No Yes
Prohibited Article Yes Yes
Sharp/Cutting Instrument Yes Yes
Sport Equipment Yes No
Tobacco Product/Accessory Yes Yes Tool Yes Yes
Vehicle Plate No Yes
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