London force to scrap initiative despite analysis finding black people are 56% more likely to be stopped than white people
The Metropolitan police are to stop recording the ethnicity of drivers who are stopped by officers, just as other police forces start doing it, the Guardian has learned.
Police in England and Wales had not previously recorded the race of those stopped on the roads amid claims that black drivers were picked on by officers.
London force to scrap initiative despite analysis finding black people are 56% more likely to be stopped than white peopleThe Metropolitan police are to stop recording the ethnicity of drivers who are stopped by officers, just as other police forces start doing it, the Guardian has learned.Police in England and Wales had not previously recorded the race of those stopped on the roads amid claims that black drivers were picked on by officers. Continue reading…