2aguy
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Yes....the left wing attack on police is hamstringing the British too...this is why their gun, knife and violent crime rates are going through the roof...
Police afraid of racism complaints if they use stop and search powers
Police officers are reluctant to use stop and search powers that could tackle burgeoning knife crime, because they are afraid of being accused of racism, the head of Scotland Yard has said.
Cressida Dick said the powers were a valuable tool to fight a rise in stabbings and knife-point crime and she was determined to encourage officers to use them properly on the streets.
But she said accusations of police racism for disproportionately focusing on young black men had meant some officers had lost confidence in using the powers.
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The number of stops and searches has fallen by around 60 per cent in the past five years.
Home Office figures last year showed black people were six times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people.
Ms Dick said: “As commissioner, I have come in and said I want my officers to use stop and search. Obviously they need do it lawfully, they need to have the grounds and they need wherever possible to be very courteous and they need to be held to account.”
“All those thing in place, then I am very much in favour of stop and search and I have said so to my officers and I want them to feel confident to use it.”
Asked if officers feared accusations of racism, she said: “I think there are some who have become concerned that they will be accused of racism, that they may get a complaint and that if they do get a complaint, that may inhibit their work in other ways, or they may not be supported by their bosses.
Police afraid of racism complaints if they use stop and search powers
Police officers are reluctant to use stop and search powers that could tackle burgeoning knife crime, because they are afraid of being accused of racism, the head of Scotland Yard has said.
Cressida Dick said the powers were a valuable tool to fight a rise in stabbings and knife-point crime and she was determined to encourage officers to use them properly on the streets.
But she said accusations of police racism for disproportionately focusing on young black men had meant some officers had lost confidence in using the powers.
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The number of stops and searches has fallen by around 60 per cent in the past five years.
Home Office figures last year showed black people were six times more likely to be stopped and searched than white people.
Ms Dick said: “As commissioner, I have come in and said I want my officers to use stop and search. Obviously they need do it lawfully, they need to have the grounds and they need wherever possible to be very courteous and they need to be held to account.”
“All those thing in place, then I am very much in favour of stop and search and I have said so to my officers and I want them to feel confident to use it.”
Asked if officers feared accusations of racism, she said: “I think there are some who have become concerned that they will be accused of racism, that they may get a complaint and that if they do get a complaint, that may inhibit their work in other ways, or they may not be supported by their bosses.
