SubtleBlade ⚔️Dec 15, 2023

#Police watchdog refuses to back use of #StopAndSearch without suspicion

#HMIC finds forces fail to follow safeguards and leaders cannot explain disproportional stops of black people
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/dec/15/police-watchdog-refuses-to-back-use-of-stop-and-search-without-suspicion
#ToryPoliciesInAction #Racism

Police watchdog refuses to back use of stop and search without suspicion

HMIC finds forces fail to follow safeguards and leaders cannot explain disproportional stops of black people

The Guardian
AutisticMumTo3Apr 28, 2023
Serial killers could go free because of Met Police failure to link deaths, Stephen Port report finds | The Independent
#MET
#SerialKillers
#StephenPort
#Police
#Grindr
#HMIC
#MattParr
#Homophobia
#SarahEverard
#Racism
#Sexism
#Rowley
#GHB
#AnthonyWalgate
#GabrielKovari
#DanielWhitworth
#JackTaylor
#Rolfe
#Murder
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/met-police-serial-killers-stephen-port-b2328192.html
Serial killers could go free because of Met Police failure to link deaths, watchdog finds

Inspection triggered by ‘calamitous litany of failures’ in Grindr serial case warns of ongoing risk

The Independent
AutisticMumTo3Jan 22, 2023

David Carrick: Thousands of police officers not properly vetted ‘putting women’s safety at risk’ | The Independent
#Police
#Vetting
#WomensSafety
#ViolenceAgainstWomen
#HMIC
#PoliceVetting
#CollegeOfPolicing

Exclusive: Gaps are ‘jeopardising safety and undermining trust’, former victims’ commissioner says

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/police-vetting-rapist-carrick-women-b2266198.html

Thousands of police officers not properly vetted ‘putting women’s safety at risk’

Exclusive: Gaps are ‘jeopardising safety and undermining trust’, former Victims’ Commissioner says

The Independent