Archive Categories: Challenging Oppressive Policing

This document, ‘The Runnymede Bulletin: Who, where and why’ from March 1995, presents detailed data and analysis on police stop and search practices across England and Wales. It highlights significant disparities affecting Black and…

This document is a written parliamentary question submitted by Bernie Grant regarding the Metropolitan Police’s stop and search practices. Grant questions the purpose of maintaining records on stop and search incidents given that 89%…

This letter, dated February 1996, is from Commander David Gilbertson of the Metropolitan Police Service to Bernie Grant MP. It addresses policing leadership changes in Tottenham and outlines Gilbertson’s continued involvement in policing and…

This is a letter dated 4 July 1995 from Paul Condon, then Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, addressed to Bernie Grant MP. The letter invites Grant to a briefing at New Scotland Yard about…

This 1995 article from The Voice highlights MP Bernie Grant’s challenge to the Metropolitan Police over the disproportionate stop and search of Black Londoners. It documents concerns about racial discrimination in policing practices and…

This document presents stop and search figures from 1994 within the Metropolitan Police District, focusing on areas such as Tottenham and Haringey. It highlights concerns over the disproportionate number of Black individuals subjected to…

This document is a letter dated 27 June 1995 from BH Skitt, Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, addressed to MP Bernie Grant. It provides official stop and search statistics for the 1994/95 financial…

This document records a parliamentary question posed by Bernie Grant concerning the collection of data on ethnic minorities stopped and searched by police in the fiscal year 1993-1994. The question seeks clarity on which…