Stop Watch has published a new report, portrait series and film looking at some of the personal stories behind experiences of Stop And Search powers used by the police in the UK. They reveal, among other things, that Black and Asian people are stopped at much higher rates than White individuals meaning that there is a disproportionate treatment of these communities by the police. This in turn leads to mistrust of the police and creates negative relations between Black and Asian communities and the police.
For more information, please visit the Stop Watch website.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has launched a programme of work to help police improve use of stop and search. This work has already seen reductions of up to 50% in overall usage and a fall in disproportionate usage against ethnic minorities in some of the major police forces that Commission has been working with. For more information, visit the Commission's website.
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