Stop and search Number of stop and searches by outcome per month.

"Anti-racist policing" Join us at #CommunitiesForJustice as we discuss why we must say #NoToSection60 and challenge disproportionate and racist policing. #PACE
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#SVRO expands the racism of #Section60 by targeting "known" offenders for weapons. Join us at #CommunitiesForJustice next Saturday for the #NoToSection60 panel. Watch this video on #SVRO from our 2022 workshop at Oxford University. #WeCopWatch 📹

Join us at #CommunitiesForJustice as #HabibKadiri, executive director of #StopWatch, discusses #BystanderIntervention and why we still say #NoToSection60 in 2026. #WeCopWatch

Scrap section 60 Our campaign challenging a controversial stop and search power

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All evidence points towards #Section60 not being fit for purpose and doing far more harm than it ever has good. The power should be scrapped, and Avon and Somerset Police must abandon its use. #NoToSection60
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No reasonable grounds: the case for repealing section 60 Report argues for scrapping the controversial search power on human rights grounds

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We'll be discussing why you should say #NotoSection60 at #communitiesforjustice on the 28th. It's time to scrap this controversial search power on human rights grounds. #WeCopWatch

How Section 60 contributes to rift between police and communities Youth workers, community leaders and the founder of police monitoring group discuss damaging Section 60 'suspicionless' searches in Bristol

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Our next event #CommunitiesForJustice at the #ECC on 28/2/26 will be huge! Join #LeighMckenna and #JohnPegram from #BristolCopwatch on our #NoToSection60 panel. More info soon! Here’s John and Leigh discussing this racist police power. #WeCopWatch

Exclusive | Met police search Black Londoners 18 times more than white people under section 60 It is the third consecutive year of increases in section 60 searches. Nothing was found in 89% of searches under the power

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Last year saw a third consecutive rise in section 60 searches, with 89% yielding no results. If police want to meet public demands, they must abandon this ineffective and disproportionate stop and search power. #WeCopWatch #NoToSection60 🚫👮‍♂️

People Just Do Something: Habib Kadiri on stop-and-search Habib Kadiri, executive director of campaign group StopWatch, on why stop-and-search matters, and whether communities can push back.

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Now is the time for communities to unite and voice their concerns—change is possible when we stand together! #WeCopWatch #NoToSection60 #NotoSVRO

Resilient. Hello. I thought I should check in as I’m aware I missed a week last week writing this blog of mine. I was overseas for Easter, seeing my mum in Spain, which was, as always, good, and it was …

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#WeCopWatch #AutomatedRacism #Trauma #NoToSection60

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Why we must scrap suspicionless stop-and-search The founder of police accountability group Bristol Copwatch explains why the Avon and Somerset force must end suspicionless stop-and-search.

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"Police used to stop and search me for riding my mountain bike on the pavement, for fitting a description, for being ‘known’ to them. Maybe they stop and search you for the same reasons too." #WeCopWatch #NoToSection60

Why we must scrap suspicionless stop-and-search The founder of police accountability group Bristol Copwatch explains why the Avon and Somerset force must end suspicionless stop-and-search.

📰 Founder member @bristolcopwatch.bsky.social tells @thebristolcable.bsky.social why suspicionless stop and search powers do not work #NoToSection60
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Institutional racism: Avon and Somerset Police must change Admitting institutional racism isn't enough when stop-and-search inequality blights Bristol’s Black youth, a racial justice advocate argues.

"The police have been gaslighting us for generations – and officers’ use of intrusive stop-and-search powers is still blighting Bristol’s young Black boys, a local racial justice advocate argues." #NoToSection60 #WeCopWatch
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The Debrief: leaked report shows race inequality in stop-and-search Cable journalists Sean Morrison and Priyanka Raval discuss the shocking statistics about stop-and-search in an Avon and Somerset Police report

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#StoppedAndScarred #NoToSection60 #MoreHarmThanGood

Obstruction and Section 5 warnings

Senior police officers refusing to identify themselves when challenged

And lastly dirty Harry-level "Got your number" finger taps at their bodycam.

Despite what senior police may tell you not a lot changes at street level. #NoToSection60 #NotOneRogueCop

Bristol says NO to Section 60 Section 60 is a racist power Official statistics show that Section 60 powers are used disproportionately against Black people. A Black person is 8.7 times more likely to be stopped than a white…

Our #NoToSection60 campaign has passed 200 signatures - can you add yours? After 30 years, it's time to end the use of this racist and ineffective power.

Sign the petition today:

No to Section 60: Inside a suspicionless search operation - The Bristol Cable Police searched innocent children and disproportionately targeted people of colour during a Section 60 operation in February.

"They stopped and searched children, including one on his way home from school. He felt he was only searched because he’s Black" #WeCopWatch #NoToSection60 @thebristolcable.bsky.social @stopwatchuk.bsky.social @netpol.org

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How Section 60 contributes to rift between police and communities Youth workers, community leaders and the founder of police monitoring group discuss damaging Section 60 'suspicionless' searches in Bristol

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#NoToSection60 #WeCopWatch

We conclude that s60 violates human rights law, exacerbates social harms and is overwhelmingly ineffective in preventing crime. That is why it must be repealed NOW #ScrapSection60 #NoToSection60

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