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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*

Statement responds to new legislation

New report documents the disproportionate impact that drug law enforcement continues to have on black and minority ethnic communities in England and Wales

StopWatch and Liberty release ‘Driving While Black,’ a new report which raises concerns that not only are drivers targeted because they are Black, but a new offence and search powers, which would tie road traffic policing to immigration enforcement, will increase the incentive for racial profiling

Read our press release on the latest police recorded crime figures for 2016/17 that report violent crime has increased.

On the same day the Home Office published Police use of Tasers statistics in England and Wales, StopWatch publishes data obtained by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) around the use of Tasers in London. Contrary to the Home Office, our report highlights data about the disproportionate use of these weapons against the black community.

Here's our response to the home secretary's proposals, issued today.

Positive progress from new Metropolitan police commissioner

Positive steps by Metropolitan Police Authority in crucial recording of stop and account

​Following a Freedom of Information request by StopWatch partners The Federation Of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS), it has been revealed that ethnic minorities are vastly more likely to be stopped in airports and ports under controversial anti-terror legislation.

​Following the debate regarding the proposed amendments of PACE and later the decision to drop the new provision, StopWatch has written a letter to Nick Herbert MP