stop and search

Illustration of two individuals at a protest, one holding a sign that reads "END SECTION 60".

No to Section 60

Humiliation, trauma and mistrust: why we must scrap Section 60

The founder member of police accountability group Bristol Copwatch explains why the Avon and Somerset force must stop running racist and ineffective suspicionless stop-and-search operations.

John Pegram
John Pegram

People Just Do Something

Two individuals smiling at the camera, standing close together. One is wearing a 'Bristol Cable' branded T-shirt and the other a plain green T-shirt. The text 'PEOPLE JUST DO SOMETHING' is displayed across the front. In the background is a grainy image of high-rise buildings.

Listen: People Just Do Something, with Habib Kadiri on pernicious police stop-and-search powers

Sean Morrison George Colwey
Sean Morrison, Isaac Kneebone-Hopkins and George Colwey

Police and Crime bill

How stop and search will be entrenched by the Police and Crime Bill

Hannah Vickers
Hannah Vickers

Features

‘The police have got all the power over you’: Young Bristol man speaks out about ‘violent’ stop and search experience

A young apprentice was ‘violently’ stopped and searched by Avon and Somerset police officers. Now, the police complaints body is investigating the incident and calling for witnesses.

Hannah Vickers Fatima Hudoon
Hannah Vickers and Fatima Hudoon

Local Elections 2021

Conservative Mark Shelford beats Labour candidate in Police and Crime Commissioner election

Matty Edwards
Matty Edwards

Black History Month

Black and ethnic minority people more likely to face cannabis prosecution in Bristol, data shows

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram

City

Racial bias growing in stop and search

While Avon and Somerset police have reduced the total number of stop an searches, the proportion of black people compared to white people increases. Photo:...

Alon Aviram
Alon Aviram