Increase use of stop and search to beat rising gang violence, says Iain Duncan Smith
The TelegraphPolice chiefs should dramatically increase the use of controversial stop and search power to tackle rising gang violence, former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith demanded last night. Mr Duncan Smith’s comments came as his think-tank released a new report warning that drug dealers operating “with impunity” across the country are to blame for a “toxic cycle of serious violence”, the Mail reported. It will put pressure on London Mayor Sadiq Khan, but also the Prime Minister, who as Home Secretary led moves to reduce the use of police search powers, warning that they were being misused against ethnic minorities, who are up to seven times more likely to be targeted. But, the report, by the Centre for Social Justice, dismisses the “racial disparity” and calls for additional funding for community policing as well as a new order to allow convicted gang leaders to be stopped and searched when they are released from prison, even if there is no evidence against them.
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