• The Equality Duty
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• Stop and Search
  • What is a stop and account?
  • What is a stop and search?
  • Where can searches be carried out?
  • Why might I be stopped and searched?
  • What isn't a stop and search?
  • Who can 'stop and search' you?
  • How should a stop and search be carried out?
  • What will I be asked to remove?
  • What is recorded and your right to a receipt
  • What can you do if you are unhappy about how you were treated?
• Equality Impact Assessments

What will I be asked to remove?

The officer can ask you to remove your coat, jacket or gloves in public.

An officer searching you under Section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 can ask you to remove anything that they believe you are wearing to conceal your identity in public.

An officer searcing you under Section 47A of the Terrorism Act 2000 can ask you to remove headgear and footwear in public in addition to your coat, jacket and gloves.  They may take you somewhere out of public view to ask you to remove any headgear worn for religious reasons.  Officers do not need to be the same sex as you (except under Section 43 of the Terrorism Act 2000) but will be mindful of cultural sensitivities around the removal of headgear worn for religious reasons.

The officer can ask you to take off more than an outer coat, jacket or gloves, and anything you wear for religious reasons, fuch as a face scarf, veil or turban, but only if they take you somewhere out of public view.  Searches involving the removal of anything worn for religious reasons or more than outer coat, jacket or gloves will normally be done by an officer of the same sex as you and out of sight of anyone of the opposite sex.