Stop and Search: Draft Manual
This draft manual is the culmination of much of the work programme of the Stop and Search Action Team, building on guidance already issued as well as identifying good practice. Its purpose is to set out for the benefit of police forces, police authorities and communities:
- the powers of stop and search which are available to the police and how they should be exercised
- the responsibility to record stops and give a record to the person stopped as from 1 April 2005
- concerns surrounding disproportionate use against black and minority ethnic communities and what can be done to address this
- research and good practice findings
- plans to monitor police use of powers as part of the Police Performance Assessment Framework.
Consultation on this document ended on 9 March 2005.
Date: Thu Oct 20 13:34:34 BST 2005
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