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Down to improvements in recording techniques, say statisticians

Home Office figures show a sharp rise in section 60 searches but no positive impact on outcomes from it

A brief analysis of latest dataset on police use of terrorism stop and search powers

StopWatch looks at the Centre for Social Justice's report 'Serious violence in London'

Assembly Member Caroline Russell pens letter to the Met leadership; StopWatch issues statement

The Criminal Justice Alliance were right the first time; section 60 does more harm than good

Statisticians put increases in incidents down to improved recording practices; racial disparities persist

A disciplinary tribunal has found two Met officers guilty of gross misconduct over their treatment of Black athletes Ricardo dos Santos and Bianca Williams during a stop and search in 2020.

Little change in stop search data trends; importance of ethnic disparities downplayed

StopWatch, in coalition with Runnymede Trust and 24 other racial justice organisations, calls out Met commissioner Mark Rowley's 'A New Met for London' plan

All you need to know about stop and search powers under the new legislation

Judges also call for clarity over police code of ethics

Interactive tracker displays data for every police force in England and Wales

A coalition of human rights groups has raised concerns about the piloting of Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) which give new stop-and-search powers to police forces

As the pandemic effect recedes, 2022 figures highlight something many minoritised communities knew at the time: the oppressive nature of lockdown policing

Sydney Kirton describes the London team's trip to the Houses of Parliament to present the latest findings from the women and girls research project

Chair Montell Neufville steps down after 5 years, cites successes of the system

New Home Office dataset shows rise in overall stop and searches, but masks a complex story of moral panic towards young people, especially of colour

Falls in section 43 and Schedule 7 stops under the Terrorism Act 2000 caused by multiple lockdown measures imposed during pandemic outbreak

New data finds Black people stopped and searched 9 times more than White people in England and Wales