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

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.

Judges also call for clarity over police code of ethics

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

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

As the pandemic effect recedes, 2022 figures highlight something many minoritised communities knew at the time: the oppressive nature of lockdown policing

In the second of a series of articles on the little known policing tactic, Shaquille Scott-Davis explores the impact of Project Servator on our way of life

Shaquille Scott-Davis looks into the operations of a police patrol you may have noticed around a lot in the last 5 years, but probably know very little about

Chair Montell Neufville steps down after 5 years, cites successes of the system

New Home Office dataset shows rise in overall stop and searches, but masks a complex story of moral panic towards young people, especially of colour

Falls in section 43 and Schedule 7 stops under the Terrorism Act 2000 caused by multiple lockdown measures imposed during pandemic outbreak

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