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Police Stop and Search – Time to Rethink?
Police forces must explain the disproportionate use of police powers such as stop and search and use of force on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people or risk losing the trust of the communities they serve, a report published on the 26th February has found. The Police Service Inspectorate (HMICFRS) aid that despite having more data on the use of force and stop and search, police forces are...Read More
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Stop and Search, and a Section 60 order
The police, with the support of the Home Office, are making more extensive use of stop and search powers. This new approach is partly due to rising public and political concern about knife crime. A hitherto little-used power to extend the use of stop and search is now being widely used by police forces. Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 allows for stop and search...Read More
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Stop & Search: know your rights
Victory against unlawful stop and search Duncan Roberts recently represented a client charged with possession of a bladed article. The client had been present at the scene of an incident he had witnessed and was assisting police. Almost an hour after the police met him they decided to search him. They recovered a knife in the pocket of the jacket he was wearing. Duncan argued that the officer...Read More
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