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To: Chief Constable James Vaughan, Dorset Police; Martyn Underhill, Police and Crime Commissioner for Dorset

Stand Up to Racism Dorset demands: Stop racial profiling by Dorset Police

It is clear that Stop and Search in Dorset is influenced by racial profiling. We demand that Dorset Police immediately desist from race-profiling and that the force implements community engagement training that includes input from Black and Ethnic Minority communities.

Why is this important?

The use of Stop and Search by police against Black people in Dorset has reached unprecedented levels. Black people are now 31 times more likely than white people to be stopped under these powers. This is the highest rate of Stop and Search of an ethnic group of any police force in the country. It is also a 100 per cent increase in Dorset over the past two years.

Dorset, UK

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2020-08-26 11:45:36 +0100

Source of data for the 38 Degrees Petition: Stand Up to Racism Dorset demands - Stop racial profiling by Dorset Police

The UK Government’s Stop and Search data, published 19 March 2020 (link below) states that “London had the highest stop and search rates for all ethnic groups apart from Black (Dorset) and White (Merseyside). Police in Dorset were 25 times more likely to stop Black people than White people (the biggest difference between ethnic groups).”

The table showing the stop and search rate per 1,000 people by ethnicity and area has Dorset with the highest number of Black people at 62 per 1,000. Shockingly, this is 11 higher than the Metropolitan Police at 51. The government’s source for these statistics is stated as National Statistics Police powers and procedures, England and Wales year ending 31 March 2019.

https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/crime-justice-and-the-law/policing/stop-and-search/latest#by-ethnicity-and-area

2020-07-25 22:01:16 +0100

We had a message asking us for the source of our data on this campaign. I’m sorry but I’m too thick (!) to work out how to respond directly. The Dorset Echo story reporting this data can be found below. I’ll be happy to supply deeper data publicly on request - all in the public domain...

Keep signing and sharing folks! Together we can make a difference ❤️

https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/18506564.dorset-police-likely-stop-search-black-people/

2020-07-11 18:24:47 +0100

100 signatures reached

2020-07-08 20:32:52 +0100

50 signatures reached

2020-07-08 14:31:32 +0100

25 signatures reached

2020-07-08 09:52:50 +0100

10 signatures reached