Source · IOPC Learning Case

Recommendation, Stop and search, Deptford - Metropolitan Police, February 2018

Metropolitan Police Service Ref: 2018/101076 Recommended 21 Aug 2020 Response due 16 Oct 2020

Custody and detention Discrimination

On 27 February 2018, six Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) officers were patrolling Deptford High Street, Lewisham. One of the officers alleged that they sighted two men involved in a drug exchange. The officers approached the men and detained them under Section 23 of the Misuse of Drugs Act. During the search, one of the men was handcuffed and the officers also searched a vehicle belonging to one of the men. No drugs were found. One of the men was also …

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Recommendations

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Recommendation 1

The IOPC completed five investigations involving the stop and search of Black men by MPS officers. The following 11 learning recommendations are made under paragraph 28A of Schedule 3 of the Police Reform Act and are informed by the collective evidence gathered in these investigations. Each recommendation is cross-referenced with the investigations that informed it. Read our recommendations. Do you accept the recommendation? Yes

Addressed to: Metropolitan Police

Linked bodies: Metropolitan Police Service

Accepted

Force response

Accepted action: The Metropolitan Police Service responded in a letter that covers all 11 learning recommendations.