Stop and search - evaluation

Evaluation
Lord Carlile the Independent Reviewer of the Terrorism Act 2000	Lord Carlile, who in 2001 was appointed Independent Reviewer of the Terrorism Act 2000. His fourth report on the working of the Act as a whole looks at the Act’s operation in 2005.
Stop and search under the Terrorism Act should and could be used less	The report warns that the use of stop and search powers under Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 for reasons other than preventing terrorism could damage community relations and lead to demands for the law to be repealed. Disparity between forces with similar risk profiles regarding the use of Section 44 authorisations also causes concern. Lord Carlile points out that such powers should, and could, be used less. The report emphasises that police officers on the ground must have a fuller understanding of the differences between the various stop and search powers available to them.
Flanaghan Report	The Independent Review of Policing by Sir Ronnie Flanagan made a number of recommendations including: an overhaul of the current stop and account process, which will mean removing the form completed by officers after stop and account situations and replacing it with a “receipt” of the encounter and a verbal record on Airwave, the digital radio network used by the emergency services.