Hmm. I would interpret this as an awareness from the police that Stop and Search doesn't actually work that well, in that any advantage that may come from it eg: you might stop someone while they are off to do / have just done a crime, is outweighed by the disadvantages eg: if you suspect people of a certain race of certain crimes, and you use Stop and Search to crack down on this, you will alienate that community and make them not want to cooperate with you, when really you need that cooperation and intelligence that they can give you much more than any chance evidence you may come across from stopping and searching people, in order to prevent crime.
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Date: 2006-02-21 12:41 pm (UTC)I would interpret this as an awareness from the police that Stop and Search doesn't actually work that well, in that any advantage that may come from it eg: you might stop someone while they are off to do / have just done a crime, is outweighed by the disadvantages eg: if you suspect people of a certain race of certain crimes, and you use Stop and Search to crack down on this, you will alienate that community and make them not want to cooperate with you, when really you need that cooperation and intelligence that they can give you much more than any chance evidence you may come across from stopping and searching people, in order to prevent crime.