#Stopsearch

Overall, black people were 9.7x as likely to be #stopsearch-ed as white (42 forces).Black pple were 2.9x as likely to be SS in the MPS than in the other 41
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I recently suggested the high rate of #stopsearch by the MPS (and population demographics) skews national disproportionality rate calculations. In this thread I'll post some numbers.https://twitter.com/gmhales/status/1280966282062565386
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Seems to me a key problem with the debate re smell of cannabis as grounds for #stopsearch is circumstances matter. When a car door opened as I walked past with
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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
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Here's a question: do police officers get any training on the risks of logical fallacies (and/or statistics...)? What am I on about? Bear with me...[Short thread]1/ I attended (virtually) a
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Extremely interesting conversation this morning with a front line Met officer that centred on public confidence in policing. A few things stand out - THREAD below.1/ First, the value of
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5 points on the substance of the 2018 Home Office analysis on increases in serious violence reported here:1) Highlights drug markets as a key driver2) 1/2 the increase in #knifecrime/#guncrime/robbery
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.@EssexBarrister I appreciated your contribution yesterday to the discussion on Sky. Wondered if I might offer a few pieces of the puzzle re disproportionality in terms of crime and policing?1/
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Today @IGCP_UCL releases the first quarterly report on how #stopsearch is used by @metpoliceuk @BTPLondon and @CityPolice in London, using #opendata from http://police.uk  to provide evidence for the debate on
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