Wednesday, January 30, 2008

New stop and search powers planned

By Andrew Porter Last Updated: 10:41am GMT 30/01/2008

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to overhaul stop and search powers in a bid to tackle rising gun and knife crime.
Police require permission from senior officers to stop and search
A report by former RUC chief Sir Ronnie Flanaghan was delivered to the Home Office and Downing Street yesterday.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=YXURIINGZFBCBQFIQMGSFF4AVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2008/01/30/nsearch130.xml

No comments: