Comments on: How to ensure powers are abused: give more of them to the police http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2008/01/30/how-to-ensure-powers-are-abused-give-more-of-them-to-the-police/ Because few appropriate words begin with the letter "G". The personal blog of Gavin Whenman Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:57:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Andrew Keogh http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2008/01/30/how-to-ensure-powers-are-abused-give-more-of-them-to-the-police/comment-page-1/#comment-592 Andrew Keogh Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:33:31 +0000 http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2008/01/30/how-to-ensure-powers-are-abused-give-more-of-them-to-the-police/#comment-592 Stop and search - which is often carried out with startling levels of aggression - does little good and causes huge resentment. Of course there should be some form of record. Anecdotal evidence shows that a lot of the time police don't bother to comply with existing record making requirements anyway so there is a hidden 9/10ths of the iceberg of unrecorded stop and search going on aanyway. Stop and search – which is often carried out with startling levels of aggression – does little good and causes huge resentment. Of course there should be some form of record. Anecdotal evidence shows that a lot of the time police don’t bother to comply with existing record making requirements anyway so there is a hidden 9/10ths of the iceberg of unrecorded stop and search going on aanyway.

]]> By: Sus-Plod Powers http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2008/01/30/how-to-ensure-powers-are-abused-give-more-of-them-to-the-police/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Sus-Plod Powers Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:26:04 +0000 http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2008/01/30/how-to-ensure-powers-are-abused-give-more-of-them-to-the-police/#comment-587 [...] to yesterday’s post on police powers, Steve Bell of The Guardian hits the nail on the head with this [...] [...] to yesterday’s post on police powers, Steve Bell of The Guardian hits the nail on the head with this [...]

]]> By: Lee Griffin http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2008/01/30/how-to-ensure-powers-are-abused-give-more-of-them-to-the-police/comment-page-1/#comment-582 Lee Griffin Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:57:54 +0000 http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2008/01/30/how-to-ensure-powers-are-abused-give-more-of-them-to-the-police/#comment-582 I know that I would quake in fear at the thought of having to fill out a foot long piece of paper. What, that's A4 you say? Doh! I know that I would quake in fear at the thought of having to fill out a foot long piece of paper.

What, that’s A4 you say? Doh!

]]> By: Tristan Mills http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2008/01/30/how-to-ensure-powers-are-abused-give-more-of-them-to-the-police/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Tristan Mills Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:38:30 +0000 http://www.gavinwhenman.com/2008/01/30/how-to-ensure-powers-are-abused-give-more-of-them-to-the-police/#comment-581 They completely miss the point. I'm sure there is some paperwork which is unnecessary, but we need to have records of stops and reasons for them. What next? Do away with having to get warrants for searches? They take time away from the real business of <strike>harassing</strike> policing. They completely miss the point.
I’m sure there is some paperwork which is unnecessary, but we need to have records of stops and reasons for them.

What next? Do away with having to get warrants for searches? They take time away from the real business of harassing policing.

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