As Inspector Hutchinson told the April North Area committee meeting stop and account forms had been abolished in Cambridge, yet I could find nothing to back this up on the Police, Police Authority, Home Office, the BBC or any other news media websites I decided to ask some questions and make some suggestions via […]
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Stop and Account in Cambridge - Click for Full Article
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
I believe the “stop and account” form used by the police isn’t working and in my view is damaging to the relationship between the public and the police.
The way the form affects the nature of an encounter between the police and a member of the public. I attended a local community meeting, (to which the […]
Stop and Account - Click for Full Article
Saturday, October 6, 2007
I was stopped and asked to account for my actions by a police officer last year. During that encounter with the police I feel that I was misled by the officer who suggested that I had to give him my name and address. Police stopping people, asking them to account for their actions and then […]