Police ’stop and accounts’ rise by one-third

Alan Travis
Guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Police used their powers to stop nearly two million members of the public in the street and demand they account for their behaviour or actions, Ministry of Justice figures published today revealed.

The “stop and account” statistics, being published for the first time, reveal the scale of police use of the powers, and show that black people are two and a half times more likely than whites to be questioned on the street.

The use of these powers, and the need for police officers to complete a lengthy form on each occasion they are used, sparked political controversy earlier this year.

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The row led the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, to pledge that alternative ways of recording each stop would be found.

A Home Office green paper on the future of policing, to be published next week, will replace the forms with new radio technology allowing officers to transmit the details of each stop.

Today’s figures showed that the number of times the police stopped members of the public had risen from 1.4m in 2005-2006 to 1.87m in 2006-2007 – an increase of one-third.

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5 Responses to “Police ’stop and accounts’ rise by one-third”

1. gw Says:
   July 8th, 2008 at 3:50 pm

   http://video.google.com/videop.....3139148549

2. Eric Says:
   July 8th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

   Unbelievable. We call it, Master and Servant.

3. tim Says:
   July 9th, 2008 at 3:58 am

   what happened to “don’t tread on me?”

4. maninwarren Says:
   July 9th, 2008 at 6:04 am

   They’re prepping us for something. Can’t say when, but at some point they plan on pulling the plug on what’s left of freedom; it will be triggered by a specific event or set of events. Now they’re getting us “conditioned” so when that time comes, we’ll already be cowed and docile (i.e., even more cowed and docile than just a few years ago, which was already pretty damned cowed and docile).

   When asked for ID, everyone should say, “My name’s Winston Smith”. If enough people did it, it would get reported on, and the message would be clear.

5. WIZARD-OF-OZ Says:
   July 10th, 2008 at 7:08 am

   I would say they are preparing the populus for mass round up’s.
   It will go something like this, you get a friendly mail in the post staying can you please turn up to an scheduled event. A chance to meet and shake hands with your local sports heroes at a giant stadium. Once in, it will be hard for you to leave expect on a bus to a camp. There you will be processed and imprisoned
   I just looked at this lovely website:

   http://data4science.net/essays.php?EssayID=808

   I cannot confirm the contents but it scary to think that they have actually airbrushed the image.