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This page contains press release 03/06, which announces a meeting of the Stop and Search Review Board, at which an overview will be given of the proposed stop and search ‘Know Your Rights’ campaign to be piloted by a number of police authorities on a national basis.
Warning: This is archived material and may be out of date. The Metropolitan Police Authority has been replaced by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPC).
See the MOPC website for further information.
Metropolitan Police Authority Stop and Search Review Board – National ‘Know Your Rights’ campaign
03/06
25 January 2006
The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) Stop and Search Review Board will meet on Thursday 26 January at 2.00 p.m, meeting room 1, 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1.
The meeting is open to members of the public and press.
Matt Hines, Senior Marketing Manager at the Home Office will present an overview on the proposed stop and search ‘Know Your Rights’ campaign to be piloted by a number of police authorities on a national basis. The Home Office hope to launch the campaign in spring 2006.
MPA members, representatives from community stop and search monitoring groups, and police officers will have the opportunity to raise questions about the campaign.
John Roberts, MPA lead member on stop and search and chair of the review board will also be examining how well the police and community engagement process is operating at a local level around stop and search.
Notes to editors
The Metropolitan Police Authority ‘Report of the MPA Scrutiny on MPS Stop and Search Practice’, making 55 recommendations, was published in May 2004. The report is available on the MPA website at:
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