The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) was enacted to correct problems with the implementation of the powers used by the police. The 'sus' law allowed police to stop, search, and subsequently arrest a 'suspected person' without warrant, reason or evidence. Due to the unfair implementation of this law within the black community, there were riots in some parts of the country in majority black areas (Brixton, Handsworth, Toxteth, Southall &amp; Moss Side) in the early 1980s and "sus" was repealed in 1981. The vast majority of search powers now require 'reasonable suspicion' of an offence to be present, although this has not prevented stop-and-search from being used disproportionately against black people, who are over nine times more likely to be searched than white people, Asian people nearly three times more likely to be searched and BAME members in general four times more likely. This disparity can also be seen when looking at arrests, as a black person is over three times as likely to be arrested and the whole BAME group being nearly twice as likely. Constables cannot carry out 'consensual' searches of a person unless a power to search exists.