The Metropolitan police service, which employs more than 31,000 officers, has signed up to the best use of stop and search code of conduct, previously announced by the home secretary, Theresa May, who has admitted the power was being misused. The changes are being brought in after Her Majestys Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) found that 27% of stop and searches did not contain reasonable grounds for suspicion, meaning more than 250,000 of the 1m searches conducted last year could have been illegal. In addition, black and minority ethnic members of the public were up to six times more likely to be searched than white people.
Posted on: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 05:35:32 +0000
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