MPS stop and search research shows variable decision-making but no bias against black community

28th August 2023Sarah Gibbons, Contributing Editor, Policing Insight 2 Comments

The police use of stop and search powers has come under significant scrutiny and criticism in relation to concerns over discrimination on racial grounds; but new research carried out among frontline officers in the Met has found substantial variability in decision-making around the threshold for grounds to search, but no racial bias regarding the use of stop and search.

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MPS stop and search research shows variable decision-making but no bias against black community

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