Police super-complaints: police use of stop and search powers
Super-complaint from the Criminal Justice Alliance about the police’s use of ‘suspicion-less’ stop and searches and the scrutiny of all stop and search powers.
- From:
- HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services, Independent Office for Police Conduct and College of Policing
- Published
- 24 May 2021
- Last updated
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Applies to England and Wales
Documents
Report on the Criminal Justice Alliance’s super-complaint - Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and independent community scrutiny of stop and search
https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/publication-html/report-on-the-criminal-justice-alliances-stop-and-search-super-complaint
Report on the Criminal Justice Alliance’s super-complaint - Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and independent community scrutiny of stop and search
PDF, 1.8 MB, 172 pages
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More harm than good: CJA super-complaint
PDF, 2.48 MB, 38 pages
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Annex 1: Supporting statements /comments
PDF, 668 KB, 35 pages
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Annex 2: Supporting Research Report
PDF, 1.79 MB, 106 pages
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Press release - Police must apply safeguards and improve scrutiny to minimise harm when using stop and search
https://hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/news-feed/police-must-apply-safeguards-and-improve-scrutiny-to-minimise-harm-when-using-stop-and-search/
Details
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), the College of Policing and the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) have published a report in response to the super-complaint submitted by the Criminal Justice Alliance. This super-complaint is about the police’s use of section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, and the scrutiny of all stop and search powers.
Following an investigation, we have made recommendations to chief constables, police and crime commissioners or equivalents, the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and the Home Office.
We are aware of accessibility issues with this publication. We are working to fix these.
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Responses to the super-complaint from the Criminal Justice Alliance
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Published 24 May 2021
Last updated 2120 MayAugust 2024
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2025-08-20 10:37
A link to the press release that accompanied this report has been added.
2024-05-21 11:24
The responses to this super-complaint from the NPCC, APCC and the Home Office were published today. We added a link to these responses to the content of this page.
2023-12-15 00:01
Addition of the final super-complaint recommendation and action report. This is in PDF and HTML format.
2021-05-24 14:30
First published.
Details
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS), the College of Policing and the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) have published a report in response to the super-complaint submitted by the Criminal Justice Alliance. This super-complaint is about the police’s use of section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, and the scrutiny of all stop and search powers.
Following an investigation, we have made recommendations to chief constables, police and crime commissioners or equivalents, the National Police Chiefs’ Council, the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners and the Home Office.
We are aware of accessibility issues with this publication. We are working to fix these.
Read the responses
Responses to the super-complaint from the Criminal Justice Alliance
Updates to this page
Sign up for emails or print this page
Update history
2025-08-20 10:37
A link to the press release that accompanied this report has been added.
2024-05-21 11:24
The responses to this super-complaint from the NPCC, APCC and the Home Office were published today. We added a link to these responses to the content of this page.
2023-12-15 00:01
Addition of the final super-complaint recommendation and action report. This is in PDF and HTML format.
2021-05-24 14:30
First published.