THREE boys were allegedly strip-searched by a police officer and forced to jump up and down naked in Queensland without an adult present.
A statement from the Queensland Police Service said the matter was being reviewed by senior officers, but the grandmother of the boys – two aged 13 and one aged 12 – is calling for the officer in question to be sacked.
Geraldine Robinson believes the boys were unfairly targeted because of tensions between some members of her indigenous family and local police in the western town of Cunnamulla.
Ms Robinson said the incident occurred after the three boys were picked up by police last Friday night because another set of grandparents failed to arrive at a bus stop to collect them in time.
Ms Robinson said the officer was asked to take the boys to their grandparents’ house, but took them to the police station instead.
She said the boys were terrified by the experience. One came home crying.
Ms Robinson said nothing was found on the boys.