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Viewed With Suspicion: Twenty Years After Stephen Lawrence
Today marks the twentieth anniversary of the death of Stephen Lawrence, an 18 year old, brutally murdered by five white youths in a racially motivated attack in Eltham, south east London. The judicial inquiry into his death led to widespread reform of the police service. Yet, one area where there has been little change is stop and search. Read more »
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Stop and Search Damages the Police
Blog by Michael Shiner and Rebekah Delsol discussing the damage stop and search does to the police. Read more »
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StopWatch submission to the Home Office Review of Schedule 7
StopWatch recently submitted a response to the Home Office review of Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act (2000). Read more »
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Stop and Search your PCC - the campaign in the West Midlands
Joy Warmington, CEO of BRAP discusses the Police and Crime Commissioner election campaign in the West Midlands Read more »
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Stop and Search your PCC - the campaign in Leicestershire
Karen Chouhan reflects on the experience of running an awareness raising campaign in Leicestershire. Read more »
Latest news
- 21 May 2013StopWatch Youth Group is Looking for New Members!
- 22 Apr 2013Viewed With Suspicion: Twenty Years After Stephen Lawrence
- 17 Jan 2013Stop and Search Damages the Police
- 12 Dec 2012StopWatch submission to the Home Office Review of Schedule 7
- 15 Nov 2012Leicester PCC Hustings - Report
Latest from our streams of work
Stop & Search Your PCC
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Stop and Search your PCC - the campaign in the West Midlands
Kam Gill, 28 Nov 2012 -
Stop and Search your PCC - the campaign in Leicestershire
Karen Chouhan, 21 Nov 2012 -
Leicester PCC Hustings - Report
Kam Gill, 15 Nov 2012
Research & policy
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StopWatch submission to the Home Office Review of Schedule 7
StopWatch, 12 Dec 2012 -
Changing How You Measure, But Not What You Do
Niamh Eastwood, 4 Jul 2012 -
UN Human Rights Review highlights Britain’s stop and search problem
Rebekah Delsol, 11 Jun 2012
Legal
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StopWatch submission to the Home Office Review of Schedule 7
StopWatch, 12 Dec 2012 -
Suffolk’s PCC candidates pledge to retain stop and account recording
StopWatch, 2 Nov 2012 -
StopWatch Legal Activity - Summary of Diederick Case (Stop and Account)
Sarah McSherry, 30 Oct 2012
Youth
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U R Boss project - Keep It Clean clean campaign
Kam Gill, 2 Nov 2012 -
“The problem with you is you’ll always be a n****r…”
Fahim Alam, 2 May 2012 -
Should it be illegal to swear at a police officer?
Chris Baugh, 5 Apr 2012
Stop & search in the media
- Terrorism related arrests up 60% without use of new stop and search power — The Guardian, 13 December 2012
- West Yorkshire Police stop and search prompt call for review — Yorkshire Evening Post, 5 November 2012
- Ipswich: Figures show black people are more likely to be stopped by police — Ipswich Star, 3 October 2012
- Stop and search powers causing alarm at ESREC — Burton Mail, 2 October 2012
- Terror laws: customs officials could take passengers’ DNA — Telegraph, 13 September 2012