Terrorism legislation

Feb 7, 2009
Bishop Hill in Civil liberties

A posting so good I had to reproduce it in full:

Section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 allows the police to stop and search people. In 2008:

• Number of people stopped nationwide by British Transport Police using s 44: 160,000
• Number of people stopped in London by the Metropolitan Police using s. 44: 200,000
• Number of people amongst the 360,000 stopped under s. 44 and found to have any terrorist material or links: 0

Via Conservative Home.

 

 

 

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