Exclusive: call for wider scrutiny of stop and search, handcuffing and use of force, and even intelligence
- Opinion: Police cells are open to scrutiny. Now the same must happen with body cameras
New independent community panels in England and Wales should be given the power to inspect everything police do to root out bias, including their use of force and even where they deploy officers, under radical plans devised by a senior chief constable.
Assistant commissioner Rob Beckley, regarded as an expert on police and community relations, says the sweeping reforms would help law enforcement drag itself out of the race crisis engulfing it.
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