[Infowarrior] - UK: Stop and search powers to be reviewed

[Richard Forno]

30 April 2014 Last updated at 08:21 ET

Stop and search powers to be reviewed

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27224887

Theresa May said stop and search was counterproductive when misused

Police stop and search powers are to be overhauled with a revised code of conduct, the home secretary has said.

Theresa May said while stop and search was an important police power, when misused it could be "counterproductive" and an "enormous waste of police time".

She said the number of stop and searches should come down. If it did not, Mrs May said she would introduce legislation to enforce new measures.

An inquiry found that a quarter of stop and searches may have been illegal.

The probe by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary also found that more than half of all police forces in England and Wales were ignoring some rules on stop and search.

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