In 1999, Netpol's campaigns coordinator helped organise the first United Families & Friends remembrance procession. Nobody imagined that eight Prime Ministers later, families would still have to march to demand police officers responsible for deaths face criminal charges netpol.org/2026/10/07/d...

The way section 60 search legislation is used on Black people, it’s more like a tool of social control rather than a specific crime-fighting tool morningstaronline.co.uk/article/poli...

Police up to 22 times more likely to use ‘completely useless’ stop-searches on black people

POLICE forces were up to 22 times more likely to use “completely useless” stop-and-search powers on black people than white in the last year, according to the campaign group StopWatch.The Home Office ...

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*NEWS* 'Stop and search, arrests, and mental health detentions, March 2026' shows: ⬆️ an 11% rise in stop-searches overall, mirrored in the number of arrests following searches ❓ a persistent recording gap in self-defined ethnicity of persons searched by police www.gov.uk/government/s... 🧵

Stop and search, arrests, and mental health detentions, March 2026

Statistics on stop and search, arrests for notifiable offences. This release will also include statistics on detentions under Section 135 and Section 136 of the Mental Health Act previously included i...

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September 2026 newsletter: Child-centred policing, an immature concept 🗞️ New research suggests the idea is still in its infancy. But there may be limits to a version of procedural justice unable to deal with persistent racial profiling stopwatchuk.substack.com/p/september-...

September 2026: Child-centred policing, an immature concept

Research on child-centred policing suggests the idea is still in its infancy. But there may be limits to a version of procedural justice unable to deal with persistent racial profiling

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We're sharing a fundraiser for member, caseworker and speaker #JohnPegram, diagnosed with #PTSD from a 2021 #databreach caused by police. After over three years of fighting, he needs funds for #EMDR while his income recovers. #shareanddonate #WeCopWatch www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Help raise £1000 to Fund EMDR Therapy for PTSD Recovery – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to Fund EMDR Therapy for PTSD Recovery. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

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Kent Police Assistant Chief Constable Nigel Brookes said: "it is important to note that we do not as a matter of course monitor peaceful protestors, and their political viewpoints are not taken into consideration." This is an absolute 100% lie www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kent Police defend response to Port of Dover protest

An MP has questioned why Kent Police did not know beforehand about the protest on Saturday.

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www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/st-... #CommunitiesAgainstRacism 19/9/26 #JohnPegram of our core team is hosting a know your rights workshop for parents and families! It’s a vital event and we look forward to seeing you there! #WeCopWatch

NEW: Investigation launched following death of Black man in police custody in Croydon 🙏🏾 On 21 August, officers carrying out cell checks, found a 52-year-old man unresponsive. The Metropolitan Police has confirmed with me, the man was Black. www.voice-online.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Investigation launched following death of Black man in police custody in Croydon - Voice Online

The Metropolitan Police say the case has been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) - who are now investigating

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August 2026 newsletter: Police confidence vs public safety 🗞️ ‘Mad’ reaction to exploratory proposals by the Green party to ban police use of Tasers and pepper spray is an exercise in how consent for officers to use force with impunity is manufactured stopwatchuk.substack.com/p/august-202...

August 2026: Police confidence vs public safety

‘Mad’ reaction to exploratory proposals by the Green party to ban police use of Tasers and pepper spray is an exercise in how consent for officers to use force with impunity is manufactured

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OPINION: Reports that the Met police achieved 'the highest find rate in the force’s history' for stop and search earlier this year need to be critically reported and framed in the correct context by media outlets www.stop-watch.org/news-opinion...

🚨A Metropolitan Police officer who said he hated #homeless people and "couldn't wait" to Taser someone has been sacked from the force... The 12th now from Charing Cross station since the panorama investigation! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Twelfth Met Police officer sacked over Charing Cross Panorama film

PC Lloyd Hunter was filmed during an undercover sting saying Tasering people was "just so much fun".

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"Nine people died during or after contact with Avon and Somerset police last year – the joint fourth highest in the country." #WeCopWatch #SayTheirNames www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

Nine people died after contact with Avon & Somerset Police

Avon and Somerset Police say they take safeguarding duties seriously

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Artificial intelligence surveillance carries profound risks to human rights. Soon MPs will finally have a chance to reject the idea of total state surveillance, and put proper controls on this intrusive technology. We must follow the example of the EU and end this legal wild west.

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Live facial recognition cameras to be used on UK’s busiest shopping street

Serious Violence Reduction Orders have no impact on violent crime or weapons offending, says Home Office evaluation Results from a 2-yr pilot reveal that only ONE weapon was recovered from searches under the power across the four trial police force areas www.stop-watch.org/news-opinion...

Every police force in the country is using some form of facial recognition. But polling has suggested that 48% of people oppose scanning the faces of those walking on high streets when there is no suspected imminent threat. We urgently need safeguards on how this tech is used.

Liberty@libertyhq.bsky.social · 3mo ago

NEW 🚨 The Mayor of London has said static facial recognition cameras will be placed on pedestrianised Oxford Street. This is a significant escalation of technology that is capable of tracking and identifying us as we go about our daily lives. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

The British Transport Police are extending their trial of facial recognition to London tube stations 🚨 The six month trial has already scanned over half a million people but resulted in zero matches and just one false flag. Yet they’re continuing to expand it's use...

Facial recognition cameras to be trialled at London Tube stations

The British Transport Police says the technology will only identify those wanted by authorities.

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July 2026 newsletter: Differential treatment, again 🗞️ Black boy roughly manhandled, handcuffed, and searched for playfighting with his white friends (who aren't) in one force, while officers from another boast about illegally stop-searching IC3 females stopwatchuk.substack.com/p/july-2026-...

July 2026: Differential treatment, again

Excessive force used on another Black boy in London, Norfolk police caught on camera making racist (plus transphobic and other offensive) remarks, but ethnic disproportionality remains a mystery

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June 2026 newsletter: Differential treatment 🗞️ Routine handcuffing overlooked as a fundamental problem with police-civilian interactions, while forces ramp up technological policing 'solutions' such as facial recognition and AI everywhere else you look stopwatchuk.substack.com/p/june-2026-...

June 2026: Differential treatment

The commentariat and political classes lay the blame for police response to fatal stabbing in the wrong places, overlooking the disturbing phenomenon of routine handcuffing in the process

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Marsh claims effective #AI should be “injected like heroin.” Operational efficiency seems to take precedence over our human rights. #JohnPegram from our team knows this well. #WeCopWatch www.wired.com/story/britis...

British Police Built a Sprawling Crime-Prediction Machine. Some Results Couldn’t Be Trusted

As UK police embrace the AI revolution, a WIRED investigation reveals the messy inside story of one region’s experiment with predictive analytics.

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The Met police is to expand its use of live facial recognition technology, first into London’s West End by Christmas and then into a further six areas next year, as critics say tens of thousands of people will be forced into ‘digital police lineup’ www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Met to expand use of live facial recognition into central London by Christmas

Technology to be used in six more areas next year as critics say tens of thousands of people will be forced into ‘digital police lineup’

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'If you ask for my honest opinion, is there two-tier policing in Manchester, I will say to you absolutely not' Really? Perhaps he wants to tell that to the parents of Romani Gypsy and Irish Traveller children visiting a Xmas market in 2024 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... bsky.app/profile/stop...

Greater Manchester Police accused of 'heavy-handed' dispersal response

Footage shared widely online shows screaming children being ushered on to trains at Manchester Victoria.

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StopWatch@stopwatchuk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Greater Manchester police chief thinks his force has 'uncritically adopted language that persuades people that perhaps we are not as impartial as we should be' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Greater Manchester police chief thinks his force has 'uncritically adopted language that persuades people that perhaps we are not as impartial as we should be' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

GMP chief addresses two-tier policing concerns after Nowak murder

Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson acknowledges the perception that not everybody is treated equally.

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Monday night’s brutal knife attack rightly drew universal censure. We are now seeing a pattern of coordinated far right activists hijacking tragic and emotive incidents to incite violence against migrants and minoritised communities.

Not a single UK law mentions artificial intelligence by name. In this week's podcast, Ellen Lefley, JUSTICE’s deputy legal director, warns that the lack of national legislation governing the use of AI is putting civil liberties at risk. 🎧📺 Watch or listen here: justice.org.uk/news/nationa...

So the police force accused by Nigel Farage of "anti-white racism" is over five times more likely to target black people for stop and searches than white people The figure is higher than the average for England and has got worse over recent years www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Nowak murder: police accused of ‘anti-white bias’ five times more likely to stop black people

Hampshire force whose officers responded to the murder of 18-year-old has a higher than average racial disparity

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May 2026 newsletter: Independent of scrutiny 🗞️ New criminal justice legislation introduced giving officers ever-greater discretion in the hope that it'll raise public confidence in policing, somehow stopwatchuk.substack.com/p/may-2026-i...

May 2026: Independent of scrutiny

New criminal justice legislation gives law enforcement ever greater discretion to do whatever they want to combat crime. Or can, it depends on your point of view

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A mother has made a complaint against Kent Police after her 12-year-old son told her he had been handcuffed by police after “innocently playing with an abandoned stop sign” www.thecommunityreporter.co.uk/p/boy-12-han...

Boy, 12, handcuffed and searched after 'innocently playing with abandoned stop sign'

The boy's mother says that her "worst fear has come true' following the incident

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London mayor Sadiq Khan has blocked a £50m Met police deal with Palantir citing a “clear and serious breach” of procurement rules and noting a risk of becoming locked into Palantir’s technology www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

London mayor Sadiq Khan blocks £50m Met police deal with Palantir

Exclusive: Scotland Yard had been in talks to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence analysis

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What’s actually going on with digital ID? We’ve read through and responded to the Government’s public consultation that closed last week. There’s a huge gap between the government’s claims that its plans for digital ID centre privacy and control, and the system it has actually proposed.

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