Research

Our factsheet provides the law, the history, and the statistics behind the police power

Our factsheet provides the law, the history, and the statistics behind the police power

Our response to the consultation 'on a draft code of practice containing guidance about the powers in sections 37(1) and 41(1) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022'

Our response to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport's consultation 'on reforms to create an ambitious, pro-growth and innovation-friendly data protection regime that underpins the trustworthy use of data'

Our factsheet provides the law, the history, and the statistics behind the police power

StopWatch response to the stakeholder consultation on handcuffing expresses concern over the lack of accountability for improper use of the tactic

Our response to the consultation on the policing inspection programme and framework run by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services

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

Black people are 9 times more likely to be stopped and searched for drugs in England and Wales despite using fewer drugs than White people. Cannabis laws criminalise the Black community at disproportionate rates

Report authored by Dr Patrick Williams, senior lecturer in criminology at Manchester Metropolitan University

StopWatch and Liberty produce report which raises concerns about racial profiling in driver-based police stops

The London Assembly Police and Crime Committee has launched an investigation into the policing and security arrangements of the Notting Hill Carnival. StopWatch and Release share our response here

StopWatch offers feedback on the strengths and areas for improvement in the latest guidance from the Royal College of Policing for stop and search training

Submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child

StopWatch responds to the Scottish government's consultation on stop and search

Our teams of young people in Bristol, Cardiff and Wellingborough undertook research into young people's experiences of stop and search. Read about what they found in our new report

Read our submission to the Home Office public consultation on a new code of practice for schedule 7

We submit an 80-page report to the government that reviews the law and practice on stop and search and makes wide-ranging recommendations for change

After a recent review conducted by the Home Office, the government has proposed legislative changes to schedule 7 stop, search and detention powers at UK's ports and airports

Black South West Network, supported by the Black Training and Enterprise Group, publish report on the attitudes of young BME people in Avon and Somerset to the police and criminal justice system

StopWatch recently submitted a response to the Home Office review of schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act (2000).

Read StopWatch's full and detailed response to HMIC Framework & Plan for 2012/13.

Responses submitted by both StopWatch policy and StopWatch youth groups

​This independent, qualitative research examines the diverse experiences of Muslims on the street and in the community, at ports and airports, and in mosques, schools and universities, as a result of counter terrorism measures

​StopWatch submitted a response to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Code of Practice A