News and opinion

Josie Appleton of Manifesto Club on how the police are not held to the same child safeguarding and welfare standards in place in other institutional settings.

For the first time in 14 years, both the Labour and Conservative manifestos do not mention stop and search. By the looks of the leading party’s election campaigns, the only stop to stop and search on the horizon is by name.

Four years following the inappropriate strip searching of Child Q and two years since the investigation, how have public authorities responded?

A brief analysis of latest dataset on police use of terrorism stop and search powers

Enduring concerns regarding the social control of young people in Scotland

The Met commissioner’s response to the Hainault sword attack overlooks real safety concerns of young Black Londoners

StopWatch reviews Channel 4's new series To Catch a Copper

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 member Ella Thomson examines what this might look like

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'