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What powers do the police have to stop and search you? What are your rights during a stop and search? What does the Public Order Act 2023 have to do with this?
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Can a police officer search a pupil on school property? Can a teacher search a pupil? Are metal detectors allowed at the school gates? Who can be an appropriate adult?
November 4, 2021
Ditching safeguards will lead to more stops, groups warn, and shows Home Secretary’s indifference to systemic police racism
November 29, 2021
Legal action by Liberty and StopWatch warned getting rid of vital discrimination safeguards risked being unlawful.
Are the police allowed to strip search me? What can they do during a strip search? What are my rights?
Where can the police touch me? Do all searches happen in public?
As the Government’s Public Order Act 2023 comes into force, we explain the new and expanded stop and search powers, and what they mean for protesters and organisers.
November 18, 2021
What are SVROs? What if I'm stopped and searched? What are my rights?
What does it mean to be vulnerable? What's an appropriate adult? Can I get reasonable adjustments?
The Government has made it easier for police to stop and search people they don’t even suspect have committed a crime. This is a recipe for discrimination. ‘Suspicionless’ stop and search powers must be scrapped.
October 27, 2020
Liberty has responded to news that racial disproportionality in police use of stop and search persists.
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