Research shows that widening police powers increases further racial disparities, say groups in letter to Home Office
Stop-and-search powers proposed by the Home Office risk “perpetually criminalising” previous offenders, rights groups have warned.
In a letter to the home secretary, Priti Patel, the groups say the move is “disproportionate and unnecessary” and that the Home Office’s own research has suggested higher search rates may have no discernible crime-reducing effects.
