THE POLICE AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA
01 January 1991
THE POLICE AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE METROPOLITAN AREA
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CATHOLIC COMMISSION FOR RACIAL JUSTICE
CCRJH, DEC 1978 11PP (NOTES AND REPORTS NO 3)
BRIEFLY SUMMARISES EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF RELATIONS
BETWEEN THE POLICE AND BLACK PEOPLE IN THE 1960S AND 1970S IN
LONDON, REPORTS THE VIEWS OF SOME COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICERS
AND COMMUNITY LAW CENTRE WORKERS, DISCUSSES
SOME SPECIFIC PROBLEMS SUCH AS THE SUS LAWS, JUDGES
RULES, PROVOCATION, STOP AND SEARCH POWERS, THE USE OF
EXCESSIVE FORCE AND ABUSE, ARRESTS ON CONSPIRACY CHARGES, THE
INADEQUACY OF THE POLICE COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE,
ETC. SOME POLICE VIEWS, INCLUDING THOSE OF A COMMUNITY
LIAISON OFFICER , ARE REPORTED AND INITIATIVES IN
HARINGEY AND NEWHAM DISCUSSED.
METROPOLITAN POLICE, NEWHAM COMMUNITY RENEWAL PROGRAMME ,
HARINGEY POLICE LIAISON SCHEME , VAGRANCY ACT 1824 , CHURCH,
INNER CITY
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