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28-10-2010, 08:40 PM
No terror arrests in 100,000 police counter-terror searches, figures show
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No terror arrests in 100,000 police counter-terror searches, figures show
Just 504 people out of 101,248 searches under counter-terror powers last year were held for any offence, Home Office reveals
* Alan Travis, home affairs editor
* guardian.co.uk, Thursday 28 October 2010 12.30 BST
Rise in 'stop and search' complaints - report The 101,248 searches under counter-terrorism powers in 2009/10 was 60% down on the previous year. Photograph: David Parry/PA
More than 100,000 people were stopped and searched by police under counter-terrorism powers last year but none of them were arrested for terrorism-related offences, according to Home Office figures published today.
The statistics show that 504 people out of the 101,248 searches were arrested for any offence – an arrest rate of 0.5%, compared with an average 10% arrest rate for street searches under normal police powers.
The figures prompted the former Conservative home affairs spokesman David Davis to call for the controversial policy to be scrapped.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/oct/28/terrorism-police-stop-search-arrests
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/6/10/1276187592029/Rise-in-stop-and-search-c-006.jpg
No terror arrests in 100,000 police counter-terror searches, figures show
Just 504 people out of 101,248 searches under counter-terror powers last year were held for any offence, Home Office reveals
* Alan Travis, home affairs editor
* guardian.co.uk, Thursday 28 October 2010 12.30 BST
Rise in 'stop and search' complaints - report The 101,248 searches under counter-terrorism powers in 2009/10 was 60% down on the previous year. Photograph: David Parry/PA
More than 100,000 people were stopped and searched by police under counter-terrorism powers last year but none of them were arrested for terrorism-related offences, according to Home Office figures published today.
The statistics show that 504 people out of the 101,248 searches were arrested for any offence – an arrest rate of 0.5%, compared with an average 10% arrest rate for street searches under normal police powers.
The figures prompted the former Conservative home affairs spokesman David Davis to call for the controversial policy to be scrapped.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/oct/28/terrorism-police-stop-search-arrests