It comes as only last summer, Suella Braverman encouraged police to 'ramp up their use of stop and search' in a bid to prevent knife attacks and "save more lives".
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00:00Two recent incidents saw police having to tackle a man with a sword and another with
00:05a chainsaw. Do these incidents make you feel like officers need greater powers to be tougher
00:10on the streets? It comes as only last summer, Suella Braverman encouraged police to ramp
00:14up their use of stop and search in a bid to prevent knife attacks and save more lives.
00:20In England and Wales, police can search a personal vehicle under Section 1 powers if
00:23they have reasonable grounds to suspect the person of carrying illegal drugs, a weapon,
00:28something stolen or something they could use to commit crime, like a crowbar. But some
00:32stop and searches can be carried out without reasonable grounds to suspect crime has or
00:36will be committed, known as Section 60 powers. Campaigners argue this means certain groups
00:42are often unfairly targeted. Government statistics suggest black people are seven times more
00:47likely to be stopped and searched compared with white people. In April 2022, the Independent
00:52Office for Police Conduct made 18 recommendations to police forces to address its disproportionate
00:58use on people from black, Asian and other ethnic minority backgrounds. What do you
01:02think of police powers? Too far or not far enough?