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• Mobile phone report urges police to ‘Call it off’

  stopwatchuk18, 19 Mar 2019

  Research finds that there is little clarity on the legality of seizing mobile phones during stop and search encounters. Read here: http://www.stop-watch.org/uploads/documents/Call_it_Off_-_Are_police_searching_mobile_phones_illegally.pdf Read more »

• The Colour of Injustice: ‘Race’, drugs and law enforcement in England and Wales

  stopwatchuk18, 14 Oct 2018

  New report documents the disproportionate impact that drug law enforcement continues to have on black and minority ethnic communities in England and Wales. Read here: http://www.stop-watch.org/uploads/documents/The_Colour_of_Injustice.pdf Read more »

• ‘STOPPED AND SEARCHED UP TO THREE TIMES A DAY’ – NEW REPORT SAYS

  stopwatchuk18, 19 Sep 2018

  ‘Not only is the Matrix completely ineffective at combating the crime it claims to want to tackle, our research suggests it makes crime more likely’ – Katrina Ffrench, Chief Executive of StopWatch Read more »

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  Driving While Black: Stopwatch and Liberty call for an end to discriminatory policing on our roads

  StopWatch, 14 Dec 2017

  Today StopWatch and Liberty are releasing ‘Driving While Black,’ a new report which raises concerns that not only are drivers targeted because they are Black, but a new offence and search powers, which would tie road traffic policing to immigration enforcement, will increase the incentive for racial profiling. Read more »

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  Stop and search may be down, but ethnic disproportionality is increasing

  StopWatch, 26 Oct 2017

  New figures released by the Home Office today show that stop and search continues to be targeted at low level drug possession rather than weapons, and that despite major reforms racial and ethnic disproportionality is increasing. In welcome news, the number of stop and searches has fallen 21% from last year to 303, 845 in 2016-17. The lowest level since 2002, when current recording practices began. Read more »

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