Civil rights campaigners brand government plans to strengthen police stop-and-search powers as ‘discrimination’
Female police officers and special constables talk to a suspect following a stop and search in Walworth, Southwark
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CIVIL rights campaigners have blasted government plans to permanently strengthen police stop-and-search powers as “discrimination” and warned that they would divide communities.
The relaxation of restrictions on section 60 powers is contained in the government’s Beating Crime Plan, launched today by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Under the plan, officers will be given the right to search people without reasonable grounds in an area where violence is expected.
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