I had one or two things to say about #stopandsearch and youth violence.
Increased stop and search is not, and never has been, the answer to youth violence, writes @meganoneill.bsky.social www.holyrood.com/comment/view...
Increased stop and search is not, and never has been, the answer to youth violence
Increased stop and search is not, and never has been, the answer to youth violence
www.holyrood.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I had one or two things to say about #stopandsearch and youth violence.
🚨New episode alert!
Is stop and search keeping us safe—or fuelling division? Andy, Neil, & activist Sayce Holmes-Lewis dive into the facts, tensions, and the future of one of policing’s most controversial powers
Listen to The Crime Agents on @globalplayer.com 🎧
#stopandsearch #police #crime
Is stop and search keeping us safe—or fuelling division? Andy, Neil, & activist Sayce Holmes-Lewis dive into the facts, tensions, and the future of one of policing’s most controversial powers
Listen to The Crime Agents on @globalplayer.com 🎧
#stopandsearch #police #crime
October 1, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🚨New episode alert!
Is stop and search keeping us safe—or fuelling division? Andy, Neil, & activist Sayce Holmes-Lewis dive into the facts, tensions, and the future of one of policing’s most controversial powers
Listen to The Crime Agents on @globalplayer.com 🎧
#stopandsearch #police #crime
Is stop and search keeping us safe—or fuelling division? Andy, Neil, & activist Sayce Holmes-Lewis dive into the facts, tensions, and the future of one of policing’s most controversial powers
Listen to The Crime Agents on @globalplayer.com 🎧
#stopandsearch #police #crime
November 25, 2024 at 5:25 AM
UK #police watchdog refuses to back use of Section 60 #StopAndSearch without suspicion. HMIC finds forces fail to follow safeguards and leaders cannot explain disproportional stops of Black people | #BAME #disproportionality #bias #law | www.theguardian.com/law/2023/dec...
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
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2023 at 4:36 PM
UK #police watchdog refuses to back use of Section 60 #StopAndSearch without suspicion. HMIC finds forces fail to follow safeguards and leaders cannot explain disproportional stops of Black people | #BAME #disproportionality #bias #law | www.theguardian.com/law/2023/dec...
A question on #StopAndSearch #WestMidlands tabled by Sir Andrew Mitchell on 18-07-2025 has been answered by Dame Diana Johnson. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-18/69007
July 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A question on #StopAndSearch #WestMidlands tabled by Sir Andrew Mitchell on 18-07-2025 has been answered by Dame Diana Johnson. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-18/69007
A question on #StopAndSearch tabled by Sarah Pochin on 22-10-2025 has been answered by Sarah Jones. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-22/84526
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A question on #StopAndSearch tabled by Sarah Pochin on 22-10-2025 has been answered by Sarah Jones. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-22/84526
Stunning exhibition of Barbara Walker’s extraordinary work @whitworth.bsky.social ‘Vanishing Points’, ‘Louder than Words’ , ‘Burden of Proof’. Huge testaments to #Windrush #StopAndSearch #Invisibility injustice , reclaiming #BlackHistory & community in the UK & power of #Art #EduSky #ArtSky
October 20, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Stunning exhibition of Barbara Walker’s extraordinary work @whitworth.bsky.social ‘Vanishing Points’, ‘Louder than Words’ , ‘Burden of Proof’. Huge testaments to #Windrush #StopAndSearch #Invisibility injustice , reclaiming #BlackHistory & community in the UK & power of #Art #EduSky #ArtSky
A question on #StopAndSearch tabled by Sarah Pochin on 28-10-2025 has been answered by Sarah Jones. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-28/86166
November 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
A question on #StopAndSearch tabled by Sarah Pochin on 28-10-2025 has been answered by Sarah Jones. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-28/86166
Watch the powerful new film tackling the trauma of stop-and-search...
A documentary short from Olivier Award nominated director Lanre Malaolu.
national.thelead.uk/p/exclusive-...
#Documentary #ShortFilm #StopandSearch #UK #Sociology
A documentary short from Olivier Award nominated director Lanre Malaolu.
national.thelead.uk/p/exclusive-...
#Documentary #ShortFilm #StopandSearch #UK #Sociology
Exclusive: Watch the powerful new film tackling the trauma of stop-and-search
The Lead is proud to launch the documentary short from Olivier Award nominated director Lanre Malaolu. Watch it first here.
national.thelead.uk
October 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Watch the powerful new film tackling the trauma of stop-and-search...
A documentary short from Olivier Award nominated director Lanre Malaolu.
national.thelead.uk/p/exclusive-...
#Documentary #ShortFilm #StopandSearch #UK #Sociology
A documentary short from Olivier Award nominated director Lanre Malaolu.
national.thelead.uk/p/exclusive-...
#Documentary #ShortFilm #StopandSearch #UK #Sociology
www.youtube.com/watch
A fantastic video from the #StopWatch RAW festival 2021 highlights police overreach, #SAR requests, and our rights regarding #StopAndSearch. Join us this Thursday at the #ECC to examine community impact. #WeCopWatch 📽️👮♂️
A fantastic video from the #StopWatch RAW festival 2021 highlights police overreach, #SAR requests, and our rights regarding #StopAndSearch. Join us this Thursday at the #ECC to examine community impact. #WeCopWatch 📽️👮♂️
RAW 2021: Know your rights!
This three-part session examines the ways in which police overreach happens, raising awareness of the techniques officers use against civilians, and equipping people with the knowledge to defend themselves and seek justice. Featuring: Juliet Spender, IRWIN MITCHELL LLP, STOPWATCH Benson Egwuonwu, STOPWATCH John Pegram, BRISTOL COPWATCH
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
www.youtube.com/watch
A fantastic video from the #StopWatch RAW festival 2021 highlights police overreach, #SAR requests, and our rights regarding #StopAndSearch. Join us this Thursday at the #ECC to examine community impact. #WeCopWatch 📽️👮♂️
A fantastic video from the #StopWatch RAW festival 2021 highlights police overreach, #SAR requests, and our rights regarding #StopAndSearch. Join us this Thursday at the #ECC to examine community impact. #WeCopWatch 📽️👮♂️
www.police.uk/pu/your-area...
Here's an overview of #StopAndSearch in Avon and Somerset. The disparity is alarming, especially with unrecorded outcomes. We want copwatchers to be allies, not just bystanders to those on the sharp end of stop and search. #WeCopWatch
Here's an overview of #StopAndSearch in Avon and Somerset. The disparity is alarming, especially with unrecorded outcomes. We want copwatchers to be allies, not just bystanders to those on the sharp end of stop and search. #WeCopWatch
Stop and search
Number of stop and searches by outcome per month.
www.police.uk
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
www.police.uk/pu/your-area...
Here's an overview of #StopAndSearch in Avon and Somerset. The disparity is alarming, especially with unrecorded outcomes. We want copwatchers to be allies, not just bystanders to those on the sharp end of stop and search. #WeCopWatch
Here's an overview of #StopAndSearch in Avon and Somerset. The disparity is alarming, especially with unrecorded outcomes. We want copwatchers to be allies, not just bystanders to those on the sharp end of stop and search. #WeCopWatch
This is just the start of a crucial conversation.
Let’s build a justice system where innovation serves rights—not replaces them.
#ResponsibleAI #LegalTech #StopAndSearch #Justice #AIethics #Policing #SpeculativeDesign #HumanRights #TechPolicy #AIandLaw
Let’s build a justice system where innovation serves rights—not replaces them.
#ResponsibleAI #LegalTech #StopAndSearch #Justice #AIethics #Policing #SpeculativeDesign #HumanRights #TechPolicy #AIandLaw
July 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This is just the start of a crucial conversation.
Let’s build a justice system where innovation serves rights—not replaces them.
#ResponsibleAI #LegalTech #StopAndSearch #Justice #AIethics #Policing #SpeculativeDesign #HumanRights #TechPolicy #AIandLaw
Let’s build a justice system where innovation serves rights—not replaces them.
#ResponsibleAI #LegalTech #StopAndSearch #Justice #AIethics #Policing #SpeculativeDesign #HumanRights #TechPolicy #AIandLaw
Next year, will we see Farage and Co patrolling London with batons and pepper spray?
Not so much #StopAndSearch as #StopAndBeat?
Where did Farage's family come from; surely it's safe enough for the whole family to #goback?
Not so much #StopAndSearch as #StopAndBeat?
Where did Farage's family come from; surely it's safe enough for the whole family to #goback?
February 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Next year, will we see Farage and Co patrolling London with batons and pepper spray?
Not so much #StopAndSearch as #StopAndBeat?
Where did Farage's family come from; surely it's safe enough for the whole family to #goback?
Not so much #StopAndSearch as #StopAndBeat?
Where did Farage's family come from; surely it's safe enough for the whole family to #goback?
From #OBFA in Scotland to #StopAndSearch everywhere, and indeed current #ASBO regulations, we know how these powers will be selectively used by the #Police to terrorise marginalised people.
March 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
From #OBFA in Scotland to #StopAndSearch everywhere, and indeed current #ASBO regulations, we know how these powers will be selectively used by the #Police to terrorise marginalised people.
This @metpoliceuk interview on @Channel4News Re #StopAndSearch is not going well. @sholmeslewis so clear, and @krishgm not letting any dodging of questions...
November 18, 2024 at 10:39 AM
This @metpoliceuk interview on @Channel4News Re #StopAndSearch is not going well. @sholmeslewis so clear, and @krishgm not letting any dodging of questions...
#StopAndSearch is being used less for whites, but in increasingly discriminatory ways to over-police poor, black & vulnerable communities in the UK #OverPolicing https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/oct/13/racial-bias-police-stop-and-search-policy-black-people-report
Racial bias in police stop and search getting worse, repo...
Despite reforms, black people are nine times more likely ...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:47 AM
#StopAndSearch is being used less for whites, but in increasingly discriminatory ways to over-police poor, black & vulnerable communities in the UK #OverPolicing https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/oct/13/racial-bias-police-stop-and-search-policy-black-people-report
A question on #StopAndSearch #WestMidlands tabled by Bradley Thomas on 14-07-2025 has been answered by Dame Diana Johnson. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-14/67667
July 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A question on #StopAndSearch #WestMidlands tabled by Bradley Thomas on 14-07-2025 has been answered by Dame Diana Johnson. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-14/67667
Reminder that police recording of crime is rubbish.
Avon and Somerset police carried out #stopandsearch on two children under 10 in 2023, not 117 - "a technical error meant individuals whose ages were unknown had been wrongly categorised" www.theguardian.com/news/article...
#crimestats #opendata
Avon and Somerset police carried out #stopandsearch on two children under 10 in 2023, not 117 - "a technical error meant individuals whose ages were unknown had been wrongly categorised" www.theguardian.com/news/article...
#crimestats #opendata
June 2, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Reminder that police recording of crime is rubbish.
Avon and Somerset police carried out #stopandsearch on two children under 10 in 2023, not 117 - "a technical error meant individuals whose ages were unknown had been wrongly categorised" www.theguardian.com/news/article...
#crimestats #opendata
Avon and Somerset police carried out #stopandsearch on two children under 10 in 2023, not 117 - "a technical error meant individuals whose ages were unknown had been wrongly categorised" www.theguardian.com/news/article...
#crimestats #opendata
Our next event is at the #ECC on November 6th! We are joined by #KenHinds, #StopWatch, and #LibertyInvestigates to shine a light on #PredictivePolicing, #StopAndSearch, and how communities can take action! #SaveTheDate and as always, we see you because #WeCopWatch
October 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our next event is at the #ECC on November 6th! We are joined by #KenHinds, #StopWatch, and #LibertyInvestigates to shine a light on #PredictivePolicing, #StopAndSearch, and how communities can take action! #SaveTheDate and as always, we see you because #WeCopWatch
Just published 🎉
Our #realistreview on #police #stopandsearch has just been published in the European Journal of Criminology.
Conducted during my PhD research with my brilliant supervisors @drcaitlinhughes.bsky.social @profalexstevens.bsky.social
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Our #realistreview on #police #stopandsearch has just been published in the European Journal of Criminology.
Conducted during my PhD research with my brilliant supervisors @drcaitlinhughes.bsky.social @profalexstevens.bsky.social
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A realist review on the police use of stop and search powers - Winifred Agnew-Pauley, Caitlin Elizabeth Hughes, Alex Stevens, 2025
Proponents of police use of stop and search powers argue that they are essential to prevent crime and improve public safety. However, there is increasing eviden...
journals.sagepub.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Just published 🎉
Our #realistreview on #police #stopandsearch has just been published in the European Journal of Criminology.
Conducted during my PhD research with my brilliant supervisors @drcaitlinhughes.bsky.social @profalexstevens.bsky.social
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Our #realistreview on #police #stopandsearch has just been published in the European Journal of Criminology.
Conducted during my PhD research with my brilliant supervisors @drcaitlinhughes.bsky.social @profalexstevens.bsky.social
Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Our new article in BJC explores how #police #discretion operates at all levels, not just the frontline. Constraints cascade from the top, but officers at each level push back to retain autonomy. Based on #drugdiversion & #stopandsearch research in England.
Link: academic.oup.com/bjc/article/...
Link: academic.oup.com/bjc/article/...
June 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Our new article in BJC explores how #police #discretion operates at all levels, not just the frontline. Constraints cascade from the top, but officers at each level push back to retain autonomy. Based on #drugdiversion & #stopandsearch research in England.
Link: academic.oup.com/bjc/article/...
Link: academic.oup.com/bjc/article/...
Hundreds of children under 10 subject to #stopandsearch in England and Wales www.theguardian.com/law/article/...
Based on #opendata from data.police.uk/data/
Home Office's official statistics www.gov.uk/government/s...
#ddj #crimestats
Based on #opendata from data.police.uk/data/
Home Office's official statistics www.gov.uk/government/s...
#ddj #crimestats
May 25, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Hundreds of children under 10 subject to #stopandsearch in England and Wales www.theguardian.com/law/article/...
Based on #opendata from data.police.uk/data/
Home Office's official statistics www.gov.uk/government/s...
#ddj #crimestats
Based on #opendata from data.police.uk/data/
Home Office's official statistics www.gov.uk/government/s...
#ddj #crimestats
StopWatch said the evidence of racial disproportionality is “very much actual as opposed to merely perceived” and described the disparities as “clear-cut"...
#Bedford #BedfordNews #StopAndSearch #Policing
#Bedford #BedfordNews #StopAndSearch #Policing
Bedfordshire PCC's Stop and Search Charter does little to tackle racial disproportionality say campaigners - Bedford Independent
Bedfordshire’s police and crime commissioner’s (PCC) new Stop and Search Charter has drawn criticism from campaigners who say...
www.bedfordindependent.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM
StopWatch said the evidence of racial disproportionality is “very much actual as opposed to merely perceived” and described the disparities as “clear-cut"...
#Bedford #BedfordNews #StopAndSearch #Policing
#Bedford #BedfordNews #StopAndSearch #Policing
#Huntingdon has brought out the panic in the white racists who now want to increase #stopandsearch which almost always targets young black men #GMB #BBCBreakfast #racism #LNER #trains #HeidiAlexander
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#Huntingdon has brought out the panic in the white racists who now want to increase #stopandsearch which almost always targets young black men #GMB #BBCBreakfast #racism #LNER #trains #HeidiAlexander
“Wow, this stuff really happens"
Lee Lawrence reflects on his first arrest at age 13, and how this experience — plus the wrongful shooting of his mother by an armed officer — shaped his view of the police
Watch The Crime Agents on @globalplayer.com 🎧
#CherryGroce #Brixton #stopandsearch
Lee Lawrence reflects on his first arrest at age 13, and how this experience — plus the wrongful shooting of his mother by an armed officer — shaped his view of the police
Watch The Crime Agents on @globalplayer.com 🎧
#CherryGroce #Brixton #stopandsearch
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Wow, this stuff really happens"
Lee Lawrence reflects on his first arrest at age 13, and how this experience — plus the wrongful shooting of his mother by an armed officer — shaped his view of the police
Watch The Crime Agents on @globalplayer.com 🎧
#CherryGroce #Brixton #stopandsearch
Lee Lawrence reflects on his first arrest at age 13, and how this experience — plus the wrongful shooting of his mother by an armed officer — shaped his view of the police
Watch The Crime Agents on @globalplayer.com 🎧
#CherryGroce #Brixton #stopandsearch