Against Serious Violence Reduction Orders: discriminatory, harmful and counterproductive As police forces in England and Wales pilot Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs), we urge the government to scrap this new discriminatory stop and search power and behavioural order.

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We're seeking clarity on #SVRO in 2026. While it claims to reduce crime, it enables power abuses, racial profiling, and cycles of stop and search with no room for healing and rehabilitation. #WeCopWatch

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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 📹

Serious Violence Reduction Orders: The impression of doing something | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies In this briefing, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, in collaboration with StopWatch, analyse the introduction of Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs).

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"Violence reduction is too important an ambition for governments not to match the attention-grabbing claims with which new powers are introduced with transparency about what actually happens next." #WeCopWatch #SVRO

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Remember #SVRO pilots? we do. We will be taking a look at the overall #stopandsearch picture on the 6.11.25 at the #ECC Here's our founding member and #caseworker John putting things into perspective. #WeCopWatch

Research on Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs) StopWatch's new research project on SVROs aims to turn a spotlight on these new civil orders and their piloting

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In case you missed it, check out #StopWatch on #SVRO featuring #KnowYourRights training from late 2022. We're monitoring police use of power and its impact on communities.

In his latest article, Jack Tomlinson explores SVROs in detail, including their impact and legal implications. Read the full article by following the link below.

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