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Black people are up to 48 times more likely than whites to be stopped and searched by police in wealthier parts of London, research suggests.

Reacting, Green London Assembly Member, Zoë Garbett, told My London:

The Mayor has called stop and search a ‘vital policing tool,’ despite its disproportionate targeting of Black Londoners, which makes him part of the problem by assuming that stop and search is an inevitable aspect of policing…

Constituents and community groups I’ve spoken to describe stop and search as an invasive and degrading tactic and they say it causes real and long-lasting harm that undermines trust and confidence in the police.

#ukpol #GreenParty #StopSearch

Cllr Gareth Kitchen Oct 31

My friends over at StopWatch have produced a banging newsletter this month. It quite simply shouts to the reform that’s so long overdue in UK policing. They do great work. (It’s just a shame it’s on Substack)

https://stopwatchuk.substack.com/p/october-2025-haunted-by-the-ghosts

#ukpol #police #StopSearch

October 2025: Haunted by the ghosts of racists past

Police ramp up racism for Black History Month, also get the green light to change the record on leniency granted for killing civilians

StopWatch UK newsletter

Stroud Against Racism Nov 11, 2023

Stroud Against Racism is based, out in the boonies, in rural Gloucestershire. One of the strands of the work we do is Police accountability.

People from our community (e.g. SAR members) are able sit on various Panels to scrutinise the Constabulary. SAR has fought hard to get confidentiality agreements rewritten to permit our participation.

However, SAR's admin team is very worried about recent changes at Gloucestershire Constabulary in the way this community scrutiny has changed, to the detriment of our Black and minority ethnic community. We think these changes may be a precursor to wider, national, roll out.

Please see the linked document for more detailed information.

Feedback welcome via comments or via the confidential e-mail address on the linked document.

https://write.as/zoiamqgsbv6tb0y0.md

#Police #StopSearch #Stroud #Gloucestershire #uk

Gloucestershire Police: Stop & Search

## Force drops focus on ethnicity in favour of anti-social behaviour ### Open Document for community feedback The Home Office ...

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Police Rewired Apr 13, 2023

👏 #OpenData in reports on #Policing, #StopSearch, and community impact for the year to March 2022 @IGCP_UCL, @LessCrime #library

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RT @LessCrime
Our updated @IGCP_UCL analysis of #StopAndSearch in London covers the year to March 2022 and shows the annual number of searches falling by 33% to 215,400.

#StopSearch Report: http://lesscrime.info/publication/stop-and-search-london-2022-q1/
https://twitter.com/LessCrime/status/1534949826961473536

Stop and Search in London: April 2021 to March 2022 | Matt Ashby

*Stop and Search in London* reports summarise how police in London are using their stop-and-search powers. An updated report is issued every three months. Police in London stopped and searched 215,423 people and vehicles in the 12 months from April 2021 to March 2022. The number of searches has generally decreased over the past year. 65% of searches in that period were for drugs, with 73% of all searches resulting in no further action. Searches are heavily concentrated in some areas – half of all searches occurred in 9% of neighbourhoods.

Matt Ashby