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It's worth repeating what the @ukhomeoffice research on #stopsearch looked at, and what it found. @HackneyAbbott https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/do-initiatives-involving-substantial-increases-in-stop-and-search-reduce-crime-a

Skimming the consultation doc for the proposed Serious Violence Reduction Orders #SVROs, which major on new #stopsearch powers. It's notable the section on the effectiveness of S&S says (correctly) evidence

Here are the MPS #stopsearch monthly totals by reason for search/power, fr June 2018 to June 2020. Huge increase in totals over the period, driven by drugs stops (s23). The

I've been thinking more about #stopsearch disproportionality. Thought I'd have a look at Lambeth, which is a borough with v high volumes of SS and lots of youth violence type

A quick* look at the relationship between #knifecrime offence rates and #stopsearch offence rates (2017/18 figures). First, here with all forces and the E&W avg. MPS a clear outlier on

In London over the last yr, for all #stopsearch powers, black people have been stopped at c. 4x the rate of white each month. For s60 it's 2-5x (except 8x

Perhaps some context to complaints re #stopsearch in London: there has been a massive increase in volumes over the last 2yrs. The result: falling arrest (and positive outcome) rates, down