StopWatch UK newsletter

October 2024: Impunity for officers

The outcomes of high profile cases add to a growing corpus of documented struggles for justice in this Black History Month

Oct 31 • 

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September 2024

September 2024: Roasted on a spit by the police and crime committee

How the London assembly police and crime committee is (trying) to hold the Met accountable

Sep 30 • 

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August 2024

August 2024: Is this what you call progress? A nightmare on Met street

Between an embarrassing inspection by HMICFRS and front-and-centre coverage in the children’s commissioner’s report on child strip searches, the Met is…

Aug 30 • 

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July 2024

July 2024: From the airport to the custody suite, 'unlawfulness is endemic' in GMP

Out of special measures, in the mud... the force finds itself at the centre of several scandals at once

Jul 31 • 

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June 2024

June 2024: Revolutionising cop culture from within – a brilliant strategy that’s never worked before

The National Black Police Association has suspended support for the National Race Action Plan after water found to still be wet

Jun 29 • 

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May 2024

May 2024: A ‘vital tool’ or the master plan of a fool?

Policing minister Chris Philp claims that stop and search is ‘a vital tool in taking knives off our streets’. This begs the question, has Mr Philp seen…

May 31 • 

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April 2024

April 2024: Always more but never better

One poll claims Londoners want more stop and search; another says trust among Londoners is low. Either way, it should be broken up, says the National…

Apr 29 • 

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March 2024

March 2024: Bring on the armchair brigade

Abuse towards his officers is something Rowley says he ‘won’t accept’. But why should the public accept his officers abusing them?

Mar 31 • 

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February 2024

February 2024: Good money after bad apples

Police chiefs clamour for more funding continues; West Midlands in epic battle over control for policing and crime functions

Feb 29 • 

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January 2024

January 2024: Resources vs choices

Police chiefs claim the future of their forces hangs on a knife edge, but are they making the best use of what they've got?

Jan 31 • 

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December 2023

December 2023: Another year of police violence and incompetence

In this month's newsletter, we look back at the year in policing

Dec 23, 2023

November 2023

November 2023: Rowley's big risk pays off?

In the clash between the Met commissioner and the PM over the policing of Armistice Day protests, Rowley's decision to stand his ground seems to have…

Nov 30, 2023