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Children should be able to live a police-free childhood as far as possible

Commissioned findings of the Home Office's pilot portray a fundamental dishonesty in the justification of the use of the stop and search power

On Serious Violence Reduction Orders: what are they, what additional powers do they give police officers, and why might these new civil orders end up doing more harm than good

StopWatch response to the stakeholder consultation on handcuffing expresses concern over the lack of accountability for improper use of the tactic

The new orders proposed in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will be neither proportionate nor likely to be effective in combating violent crime

StopWatch responds to the Scottish government's consultation on stop and search

Responses submitted by both StopWatch policy and StopWatch youth groups

​StopWatch submitted a response to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Code of Practice A