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Use (and abuse?) of anti-terrorism powers by police

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Keith Mathieson

A Home Office report on the operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation has revealed that in 2009/10 a total of 101,248 stop-and-searches were made pursuant to s40 of the Terrorism Act 2000, but not one of the stop-and-searches resulted in an arrest being made ... read more

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