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Stop and Search

What powers do the police have to stop and search you? What are your rights during a stop and search? What effect does the Public Order Act 2023 have on stop and search?

November 4, 2021

LIBERTY AND STOPWATCH THREATEN HOME SECRETARY WITH LEGAL ACTION OVER STOP AND SEARCH

Ditching safeguards will lead to more stops, groups warn, and shows Home Secretary’s indifference to systemic police racism

November 29, 2021

HOME SECRETARY U-TURNS ON STOP AND SEARCH DECISION AFTER LEGAL ACTION FROM LIBERTY AND STOPWATCH

Legal action by Liberty and StopWatch warned getting rid of vital discrimination safeguards risked being unlawful.

Public Order Act: New Protest Stop & Search Powers

As the Government’s Public Order Act 2023 comes into force, we explain the new and expanded stop and search powers, and what they mean for protesters and organisers.

November 18, 2021

SHARP RISE IN STOP AND SEARCH SHOWS NEW POWERS MUST BE SCRAPPED, SAY HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS

Stop and Account

July 27, 2020

SIX WAYS TO STOP SPIRALLING RACIAL DISPROPORTIONALITY IN UK POLICING

Racism in UK policing has a long history. But powers and practices in force today risk further entrenching, rather than alleviating, this injustice. Politicians of all parties must urgently tackle spiralling racial disproportionality in UK policing and across the criminal justice system more broadly.

Stop and search

The Government has made it easier for police to stop and search people they don’t even suspect have committed a crime. This is a recipe for discrimination. ‘Suspicionless’ stop and search powers must be scrapped.

Stop and search: disabled people’s rights

What does it mean to be vulnerable? What's an appropriate adult? Can I get reasonable adjustments?

October 27, 2020

New figures show racism in stop and search persists

Liberty has responded to news that racial disproportionality in police use of stop and search persists.

What are Serious Violence Reduction Orders?

What are SVROs? What if I'm stopped and searched? What are my rights?

What happens during a stop and search?

Where can the police touch me? Do all searches happen in public?