Stop and search
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Emergency inspection found four forces were still breaking rules aimed at ending discrimination against black people
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College of Policing issues new guidelines on stop and search, and says every police officer is guilty of some sort of bias
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Over half of worst offending police forces are still not doing enough to stop abuse of their powers, says Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary
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The latest research into facial recognition technology used by police across the US has found that systems disproportionately target vulnerable minorities
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Home secretary suspends 13 forces from stop and search reform scheme after report finds they failed to meet three out of five of its requirements
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How closely does the police force reflect the makeup of the community where you live?
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Top UK court says Public Order Act powers, used to tackle gun crime and gangs, deter police bias and will save lives
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With a third more teenagers stabbed to death this year in London compared with 2014, the victims’ families are calling for more to be done to end the loss of life
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The Guardian, 23 November 1982: As the government publishes a bill widening police powers to stop and search, Pat Horne describes her teenage son’s reaction to a spot check
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Home secretary attacks Bernard Hogan-Howe’s view that rise in knife crime linked to fall in stop and search, and says police forces are too white
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From Brixton 1981 to Tottenham 2011, all section 60 has done is cause riots and fail to stop knife crime. It will be a tragedy if police chiefs turn back now
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Ministers expected to act after investigation led by human rights lawyer John Scott QC found ‘excessive’ use of tactic on children and young men
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Northamptonshire police and crime commissioner says his force’s policy should be rolled out nationally to boost trust in policing
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Report chaired by Doreen Lawrence and Tessa Jowell argues that with no official guidelines the Met leaves body-worn video usage up to individual officers
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Campaigners cite stop and search as a key reason why 40% of those behind bars hail from BME background – a greater disproportion than in the US
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Scottish justice secretary says John Scott QC, chair of Howard League Scotland, will lead inquiry into police use of stop and search, including possible ban
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Letters: Increasingly, cash-strapped authorities with challenging budget-reduction targets are being forced to reduce their spending on drug treatment schemes
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Powerful and deeply uncomfortable new painting expresses the anger and humiliation inspired by ‘stop and search’ at a time when the issue has never been more talked-about
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In Terror Kid, Benjamin Zephaniah raises the issue of racial discrimination and the difficulties young people face in challenging inequality and making a difference. How much do you know about the book and the rights you are entitled to as a young person?
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Those cheering for police body-worn cameras must think a little deeper
Daniel Bear and Johannes RiekenDaniel Bear and Johannes Rieken: There are potential pitfalls to the Liberal Democrats’ proposals. Effective policies need to be developed and enforced
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Figures from 22 police forces in England and Wales show 1,136 children under the age of criminal responsibility were stopped
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Diane Abbott: The abuse of stop-and-search powers goes to the heart of bad police-community relationships in Britain's inner cities
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Home secretary tells MPs that as many as 250,000 street searches were probably carried out illegally last year
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Tutors suggest teenagers save a lawyer's number on their phone and state their ethnicity when they give details to the police
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Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper writes to Theresa May offering cross-party co-operation to bring about change
Shami Chakrabarti on 14 years of fighting the power: 'The leviathan is far from defeated'