Home Secretary Theresa May in 2010. The  government is to give new guidelines to police officers on the use of "stop and search" powers after a government inquiry found a quarter of stop and searches by officers may have been illegal. The Home Secretary,  , said today she will introduce a "comprehensive package" of measures including revised guidance to the police on the use of stop and search powers. The new guidance would clarify what counts as "reasonable grounds for suspicion" under the . May also told  : "Nobody wins when stop and search is misapplied. It is a waste of police time. It is unfair, especially to young, black men. It is bad for public confidence in the police". The shadow home secretary, 's , said more radical plans for reform had been abandoned due to "regressive attitudes in " and the home secretary had "backed down" on the needed reforms.
Home Secretary Theresa May in 2010. The UK government is to give new guidelines to police officers on the use of "stop and search" powers after a government inquiry found a quarter of stop and searches by officers may have been illegal. The Home Secretary, Theresa May , said today she will introduce a "comprehensive package" of measures including revised guidance to the police on the use of stop and search powers. The new guidance would clarify what counts as "reasonable grounds for suspicion" under the . May also told Parliament : "Nobody wins when stop and search is misapplied. It is a waste of police time. It is unfair, especially to young, black men. It is bad for public confidence in the police". The shadow home secretary, Labour's Yvette Cooper , said more radical plans for reform had been abandoned due to "regressive attitudes in " and the home secretary had "backed down" on the needed reforms.
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