Stop and Search: Policing the Streets? Tonight
Tonight · Season 2022 · Episode 24
Supporters say 'stop and search' is an effective police tactic to get knives and drugs off our streets. But data shows it's disproportionately used against people from ethnic minority communities and their children. Is there a way for law enforcers to bridge an ever-widening gap with the young people they police? Alex Beresford reports.
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Season
2022
Episode
24
Air Date
25/Aug/2022
Air Time
20:30
Runtime
30 min
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Supporters say 'stop and search' is an effective police tactic to get knives and drugs off our streets. But data shows it's disproportionately used against people from ethnic minority communities and their children. Is there a way for law enforcers to bridge an ever-widening gap with the young people they police? Alex Beresford reports.
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