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England stop and search pilot scheme does not cut violence, thinktank finds

Scheme allowing police to stop and search people without grounds for suspicion targets people of colour, Runnymede Trust found

A pilot scheme that allows police to stop and search people without having any grounds for suspicion does not work to reduce serious violence and disproportionately targets people of colour, a report has concluded.

In the first comprehensive review of evidence on stop and search and serious violence reduction orders (SVROs), the racial equality thinktank Runnymede Trust found that there was no statistically significant link between existing police stop and search powers and violence prevention or reduction.

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