Require police to record all stops, searches, reasons, and ethnic identity
Macpherson Inquiry · Macpherson Inquiry — Final Report · Issued 24 February 1999
Source — 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.
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Response — verbatim from government
●No formal government response recorded
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