Research and action for fair and accountable policing

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Research and action for fair and accountable policing

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We gather stories, experiences and thoughts from around the UK to give a voice and support to real people.

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We gather stories, experiences and thoughts from around the UK to give a voice and support to real people.

Research

Working with facts, figures, and real experiences to gather insight into stop and search and its effects

Interactive stop and search tracker

Looking for stop and search info on your local police force? Our timeseries dashboard maps out the volume, rate, and racial disparity of stop and search activity across England and Wales

Advice

Providing assistance for individual stop and search cases, seeking remedies for grievances against police injustice

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Stop and search: A guide for parents and children, plus short film

Our guide focuses on keeping children as safe as possible during interactions with the police

Projects

Where you can view the latest StopWatch projects and campaigns into various aspects of policing

Girls and young women's research project

A national research project speaking to young women about their experiences of stop and search.

Featured projects

Driving While Black

Revisiting the 'Driving While Black' research report, which explored racially discriminatory policing on the roads, and launching new research on the topic

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Research on Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs)

StopWatch's new research project on SVROs aims to turn a spotlight on these new civil orders and their piloting

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Girls and young women's research project

A national research project speaking to young women about their experiences of stop and search.

The gangs matrix

A handy explainer on the gangs matrix – what it is, how it works, why it is harmful, and what to do if you find yourself on it

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Judicial review of the Best Use of Stop and Search scheme

StopWatch and Liberty launch legal challenge over the home secretary's decision to drop all safeguards on section 60 search tactics from the Best Use of Stop and Search (BUSS) scheme, announced on 27 July 2021 as part of the UK government’s ‘Beating Crime Plan’.

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RAW

RAW is StopWatch’s exciting new ‘Rights and Wellbeing’ project, aimed at providing resources, group workshops, and individual support to equip individuals with the knowledge of preventing and reducing harm from police encounters, while also addressing the broader impacts of stop and search by providing therapeutic support to help people process and deal with its after-effects.

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