Use of stop and search will be ‘intelligence-led’ under new Met policing plan
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Metropolitan Police’s use of stop and search will be “intelligence-led” under new plans to tackle violent crime in London, Sadiq Khan has insisted. The force’s latest neighbourhood policing strategy, labelled “Operation Nightingale”, will focus on “evidence-based” approaches such as “hotspot” policing to reduce violent crimes and anti-social behaviour. The Mayor of London defended the controversial use of stop and search, which critics say disproportionately targets black and ethnic minority communities, saying it is “an important part of the police’s armoury”. Speaking about stop and search while visiting Church Street in Westminster on Friday, Mr Khan said: “The tackling has been both tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime… investing in young people giving them constructive things to do, but also using all the tools in the police’s armoury.
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