Home Office Stop and Search Manual (external link to Home Office website)

Report of the MPA Scrutiny on MPS Stop and Search Practice ( PDF 458KB)

The WF CSB and Waltham Forest Borough Police have tasked a small group of police officers and CSb members to examine the operation of Stop and Search in Waltham Forest in three key respects:

  • Fairness Is the power being exercised fairly across the community or are some groups being disproportionately stopped?
  • Effectiveness What is the return to the community, in terms of the conviction of wrongdoers relative to the costs, both in terms of police effort and community reaction?
  • Respect Are people being stopped, the overwhelming majority of whom are not arrested, being treated in a decent manner?

If you require further information please contact:

David Knight
Room 101
WF PCCG
Waltham Forest Town Hall
London , E17 4JF

Tel 020 8496 4736
Fax 020 8496 4579
Mobile 07950 569 092
Email davidj.knight@walthamforest.gov.uk