Require police to record all stops, searches, reasons, and ethnic identity
Macpherson Inquiry · Macpherson Inquiry — Final Report · Issued 24 February 1999
Government responseNot tracked (historical inquiry)
DeliveryNo statement from the addressee found
Recommendation, verbatim from the inquiry
●Inquiry recommendation
That the Home Secretary, in consultation with Police Services, should ensure that a record is made by police officers of all "stops" and "stops and searches" made under any legislative provision (not just the Police and Criminal Evidence Act). Non-statutory or so called "voluntary" stops must also be recorded. The record to include the reason for the stop, the outcome, and the self-defined ethnic identity of the person stopped. A copy of the record shall be given to the person stopped.
Macpherson Inquiry, Macpherson Inquiry — Final Report · 24 Feb 1999 Source PDF →
Government response
●No formal government response recorded
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Delivery
No statement on delivery from the addressee has been found in the sources searched. This is separate from the response above.
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