Source · Select Committees · Home Affairs Committee
Recommendation 41
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Deferred
Paragraph: 97
Stop and search powers remain controversial, disproportionate, and lack evidence of effectiveness.
Conclusion
Use of stop and search powers is particularly controversial and has a wide-ranging impact for the Met in particular. But this is not an issue that other forces can afford to ignore. Disproportionality in stop and search across policing damages community relationships. Our report on “The Macpherson Report: twenty two years on” drew attention to the evidential gap on the effectiveness of stop and search in reducing serious violence crime. That evidence is still lacking.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government discusses its ongoing work with police forces to maintain officer numbers following the Police Uplift Programme and to develop long-term workforce plans, which is unrelated to the committee's concerns about stop and search.
Paragraph Reference:
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Government Response
The government responded to this report on 19 January 2024. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗