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COVID-19 – What you need to know

Research finds that there is little clarity on the legality of seizing mobile phones during stop and search encounters

New report finds drug policing drives racial disparity in the criminal justice system

Download and read this guide for parents on what should happen during a stop and search of a child, containing key information and tips.

19 March 2021

A sus law by any other name stinks as much

Reading into 35 years of data, it doesn't take a detective to work why stop and search powers are being used disproportionately
5 February 2021

This House ain’t safe

Is Sir Stephen House the biggest threat to Black Londoners' safety?
30 November 2020

Plans to expand stop and search to protests are looking for trouble

Police say ‘we want more powers’, home sec asks ‘how many’?
6 November 2020

StopWatch open letter to the Secretary of State for the Home Department on SVROs

We've written to Home Secretary Priti Patel over the proposed introduction of Serious Violence Reduction Orders – we implore all of those moved by these concerns to respond to the government’s consultation on these proposals before the deadline of 8 November*
5 November 2020

Have your say: Home Office consults on Serious Violence Reduction Orders

Consultation on plans to allow police to stop and search those previously convicted of knife crime offences without suspicion
27 October 2020

Stop and searches increase 50% – racial disparity remains the same

New data finds Black people stopped and searched 9 times more than White people in England and Wales