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EXPLAINED: Police law reforms urged after strip search reckoning - The Real Truth

Police Cate Faehrmann Raya Meredith Chris Minns NSW Police

Police face a hefty compensation bill and calls for a ban on drug detection dogs at music events. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia's newest top cop has started his first day on the job by apologising to a young woman who was unlawfully strip searched at a music festival.

Raya Meredith was awarded $93,000 in damages on Tuesday as the NSW Supreme Court ruled police falsely imprisoned and undressed her in their search for drugs during the 2018 Splendour in the Grass festival in Byron Bay.

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