Stop and Search Laws changed
Police powers to stop and serach are to be reduced, according to the Home Secretary.
“Police officers will no longer be able to stop and search you under
section 44 of the Terrorism Act. They will now need to have a
‘reasonable suspicion’ that you are a terrorist before you can be
searched under the Terrorism Act.
rather than using section 44 powers, police officers will have to rely
on section 43 powers. These require officers to reasonably suspect the
person to be a terrorist.
Police will be able to search vehicles under section 44 of the law, but
even then only if they have reasonable suspicion of terrorist activity.
The move follows a decision by the European Court of Human Rights
(ECHR).
The ECHR ruled that the use of stop and search powers under section 44
of the Terrorism Act 2000 violated the right to a private life.
The court said that stop and search powers under section 44 were too
broad and did not have enough safeguards to protect civil liberties.”
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