News & comment
Our latest blog posts
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Police’s terror search activity limited by COVID-19 threat
Falls in section 43 and Schedule 7 stops under the Terrorism Act 2000 caused by multiple lockdown measures imposed during pandemic outbreak Read more »
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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 Read more »
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This House ain’t safe
Is Sir Stephen House the biggest threat to Black Londoners' safety? Read more »
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Plans to expand stop and search to protests are looking for trouble
Police say ‘we want more powers’, home sec asks ‘how many’? Read more »
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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* Read more »
Latest from our streams of work
Research & policy
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Have your say: Home Office consults on Serious Violence Reduction Orders
StopWatch, 5 Nov 2020 -
Briefing on Stop and Search and PCC Developments: October - December 2015
StopWatch, 4 Jan 2016 -
Less stop and search does not mean more knife crime
StopWatch, 23 Oct 2015
Legal
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StopWatch responds to HMIC Report on current use of stop and search powers
Alice Roberti, 27 Mar 2015 -
NGOs call on Home Office to push through reforms on strip search and police traffic stops
StopWatch, 24 Mar 2015 -
StopWatch response to Home Office Consultation on Draft PACE Code A concerning Stop and Search
Taher Gulamhussein, 20 Oct 2014
Youth
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Job vacancy: StopWatch UK is looking for a Youth & Community Engagement Coordinator *CLOSED*
stopwatchuk18, 11 Dec 2019 -
Y-Stop launches new app aimed at police accountability
StopWatch, 28 Aug 2015 -
From negative experiences to positive ideas: youth voices on stop and search
Alice Roberti, 10 Apr 2015