Strategic Review Meeting – Disproportionality – October 23
Stop and Search
Of the 228 stop searches that occurred in September 2023, 213 were stop searches of a person or person with a vehicle. As to ethnicity of the person in September 2023:
- 23 (8%) were on Asian people (ODE) compared to Cambridgeshire’ Asian population being approximately 7.9% (Census Data, 2021)
- 24 (3%) were on Black people (ODE) compared to Cambridgeshire’ Black population being approximately 2.1% (Census Data, 2021)
- 158 (2%) were on White people (ODE) compared to the Cambridgeshire White population being approximately 85.4% (Census Data, 2021)
The further breakdown of stop searches by ethnicity for September 2023 is:
|
Ethnicity |
Number of Stop Search |
Stop Search Legislation Used |
Type of Stop Search |
Outcome |
Number of Strip Searches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Asian |
23 |
2x Section 1 PACE |
1x Going Equipped 1x Weapon |
2x Arrested due to Intended Item Found 1x Verbal Warning 5x Voluntary attendance 1x Insufficient Evidence 14x No Further Action |
None |
|
21x Section 23 (Drugs) |
14x Possession 7x PWITS |
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|
Black |
24 |
7x Section 1 PACE |
1x Going Equipped 1x Firearm 5x Weapon |
3x Arrested due to Intended Item Found 2x Arrested for Other Item Found 1x Caution 1x Community Resolution 1x Voluntary attendance 17x No Further Action |
None |
|
17x Section 23 (Drugs) |
8x Possession 9x PWITS |
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|
White |
158 |
49x Section 1 PACE |
1x Criminal Damage 22x Going Equipped 5x Stolen Property 21x Weapon |
15x Arrested due to Intended Item Found 8x Arrested for Other Item Found 4x Caution 5x Summons 3x Verbal Warning 17x Community Resolution 1x Guardian Intervention 3x Voluntary Attendance 2x Insufficient Evidence 100x No Further Action |
3 Strip Searches |
|
108x Section 23 (Drugs) |
76x Possession 32x PWITS |
Summary
- This month Black people were disproportionately subjected to Stop and Search.
- This month Asian people were disproportionately subjected to Stop and Search – 91% of them were for drugs with a 60% no further action rate.
- There is a trend of Black people being more likely to be searched for PWITS than possession which is the opposite to white people.
- Over 2/3rds of the Black people searched had a no further action outcome.
Use of Force
Of the 854 UoF entries there were 53 (6.2%) on Asian people which is the 2nd highest number in the rolling 12 months, 63 (7.4%) on Black people which is the 2nd highest number in the rolling 12 months and 658 (77%) on White people.
Of the 854 UoF in September, 94 were to facilitate Stop and Search which is 44.1% of all stop searches (213 person & person with vehicle stop searches occurred in September). These 94 uses of force were comprised of: 70x Compliant Handcuffing, 15x Uncompliant Handcuffing, 2x Firearm, 3x Ground Restraint, 6x Improvised Tactic, 1x Pava Used, 1x Taser Drawn,1x Taser Used, and 3x Unarmed tactics
With 70 compliant handcuffing this means this tactic was the most commonly used use of force at 32.8% of the time, this is a decrease in the number of people handcuffed whilst being stop searched compared with previous months.
The breakdown of use of force during a stop and search by ethnicity is as follows:
|
Ethnicity |
Stop Search Total No. |
No. of Stop Search with Use of Force |
% of Use of Force during Stop Search |
No. of SnS with Compliant Handcuffing |
% of Complaint Handcuffing during Stop Search |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Asian |
23 |
8 |
34.8 |
8 |
34.8 |
|
Black |
24 |
15 |
62.5 |
9 |
37.5 |
|
White |
158 |
58 |
36.7 |
44 |
27.8 |
|
Not Stated or Other |
21 |
9 |
42.9 |
6 |
28.6 |
|
Total / Average |
213 |
95 |
44.2 |
70 |
32.8 |
Summary – Both Asian and Black people are slightly more likely to be compliant handcuffed during a stop search than the force average of 32.7%; they are equally more likely to be complaint handcuffed than White people.
In comparison when including all other use of force, Asian people are less likely than Black or White people to have use of force used on them during a stop and search. Whereas Black people are significantly more likely to have use of force used on them during a stop search compared to the force average of 44.2% and both Asian and White people.