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StopWatch looks at the Centre for Social Justice's report 'Serious violence in London'

Assembly Member Caroline Russell pens letter to the Met leadership; StopWatch issues statement

Montell Neufville explains the role of a community scrutiny panel which covers three police force areas

Abridged version posted on the Justice Gap website

Police ethics advisor Montell Neufville who has received 18 policing awards for influencing policing for good gives his views on the HMIC, IOPC, and College of policing response to the super complaint

The Criminal Justice Alliance were right the first time; section 60 does more harm than good

Statisticians put increases in incidents down to improved recording practices; racial disparities persist

Six months on from the launch of the controversial SVROs, what have we learnt so far?

Home Office forced to release Equality Impact Assessment for section 60 stops by StopWatch and Liberty. Tribunal calls Home Office ‘disingenuous’ for refusing to disclose the assessment in the first place

A disciplinary tribunal has found two Met officers guilty of gross misconduct over their treatment of Black athletes Ricardo dos Santos and Bianca Williams during a stop and search in 2020.

In this post, Montell Neufville looks at police community scrutiny panels and outlines 'PLANTER', an acronym used to help panels evaluate use of force incidents

An update on our research project on Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs).

Yvette Cooper’s proposal of a new 'Respect Order' hints at the future of policing under a Labour government. StopWatch volunteer Ella Thomson takes a closer look at these new civil orders.

Little change in stop search data trends; importance of ethnic disparities downplayed

Mainstream discourse on police numbers neglects to ask if the officers recruited are any good?

StopWatch, in coalition with Runnymede Trust and 24 other racial justice organisations, calls out Met commissioner Mark Rowley's 'A New Met for London' plan.

StopWatch volunteer Ella Ticktin-Smith considers the new stop and search powers conferred by the Public Order Act

StopWatch volunteer Corey Campbell reflects on the Supreme Court's ruling in the 'officer W80 case'

Judges also call for clarity over police code of ethics

Independent scrutiny panel for Beds, Herts, and Cambs highlights successes

Interactive tracker displays data for every police force in England and Wales

Police force lies about its involvement in the deaths of two teenage boys, gets found out. All in a day’s work. But why do the media have to be complicit?

With a focus on the use of private technology companies and operational procedures, PhD researcher Tyler Dadge highlights several key questions that are yet to be answered concerning the police's use of facial recognition, and argues that algorithmic accuracy is just one issue amongst many when it comes to police use of this tech

The backlash to the Casey Review's central finding indicates a denial of the realities and experiences of the people impacted by police discrimination going back decades

A coalition of human rights groups has raised concerns about the piloting of Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) which give new stop-and-search powers to police forces