In our major recruitment drive, the focus must be on underrepresented communities. It is not favouritism, it is fairness – and it’s essentialMark Rowley is commissioner of the Metropolitan policeMet chief says ‘toxicity’ around...
Read MoreNigel Farage’s party plans to deport up to 288,000 people a year on five flights a day and expand stop and searchReform UK would create an ICE-style agency dedicated to deporting hundreds of thousands of people, as well as...
Read MoreHome Office data shows a 7% increase in searches of women up to March 2024 compared with a 2% drop for those of menThe number of women subjected to stop and search by the police has risen despite a fall in the use of the tactic...
Read MoreHome Office data shows a 7% increase in searches of women up to March 2024 compared with a 2% drop for those of menThe number of women subjected to stop and search by the police has risen in England and Wales despite a fall in...
Read MoreExclusive: rights group says use of algorithms and data is unfair, dangerous and reinforces discrimination in policingBritish policing’s use of algorithms and data to predict where crime will happen is racist and picks on the...
Read MoreUK home secretary says police have her full support in using tactic to prevent violence and save livesSuella Braverman has called on police to increase the use of stop and search powers “to prevent violence and save more...
Read MoreExclusive: Tariq Stanley was smoking a cigarette in his car when he was approached by officersThe Metropolitan police have apologised more than two years after an insurance underwriter sitting in his car outside his home was...
Read MoreBrothers speak of trauma and humiliation after being arrested in front of family home in Chingford, east LondonThe Metropolitan police has settled a complaint by black brothers who were stopped, searched and handcuffed outside...
Read MoreMetropolitan police apology and £30,000 payout for ‘incident’ on Chiswick Common that left Zac Sharif-Ali ‘gasping for breath’The Metropolitan police is facing a fresh allegation of racism after a...
Read MorePriti Patel to announce flurry of crime initiatives for England and Wales, including controversial changes to stop and search powersSpecial constables will be given access to stun guns as part of a flurry of crime initiatives,...
Read MorePriti Patel announces the end of limitations on use of section 60 powers where serious violence anticipatedThe government is permanently lifting restrictions placed on police stop and search powers in areas where they anticipate...
Read MoreFigures delayed as police and borders bills pass through parliamentThe Home Office has failed to release its annual stop-and-search data, prompting concern that the figures will reveal a further increase to disproportionate...
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