Stop and Search in London

Question: Discuss about a Report on Stop and Search in London? Answer: 1: Yes, Tinker can be stopped and searched while he was at the protest march. Section 44 of the Terrorism Act, 2000 gives authority to a police official to stop a pedestrian at a given area, at a specified place and conduct inquiry to search the pedestrian or anything that he carried. Subsection 3 of Section 44 is an exception to the rule stated in subsection 1 and 2. According to the subsection 3, authorisation may given only if the person who is giving authorisation thinks that it is necessary for the prevention of terrorism acts. 2: Yes, Tinker can be prevented from speaking at the forthcoming protest march. This is enumerated in Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act, 2000. This section allows the police officials to detain people at the airport for questioning them. The person who is detained should answer the questions properly and provide documents that are demanded for. In such a scenario, if the police officials are suspicious of the person having terrorist orientation, then he may be prevented from speaking at the protest march[1]. 3: No, Tinker cannot be arrested for any known offence at this point of time. However, he may be detained for a reasonable period. He may be detained for a time that is reasonably needed to conduct an inquiry on any person near the place where the person is stopped from moving any further. The constable may also retain any article, which he is suspicious of in connection with terrorism. 4: The Home Secretary in the United Kingdom can approve detention of a person up to 7 days. The Terrorism Act was established to change anti terrorism legislation. It was enacted to address all kinds of terrorism and the threats people face with regard to terrorism. The Terrorism Act finally concluded that people who are suspicious of terrorist movement could be detained up to 48 hours after arrest. The detention may be extended for 14 more days if a judicial permission is obtained for such activity[2]. Reference List Parmar, A., 2011. Stop and search in London: counter-terrorist or counter-productive?.Policing and society,21(4), pp.369-382. Spaaij, R., 2010. The enigma of lone wolf terrorism: An assessment.Studies in Conflict Terrorism,33(9), pp.854-870. [1] Spaaij, R., 2010. The enigma of lone wolf terrorism: An assessment.Studies in Conflict Terrorism,33(9), pp.854-870. [2] Parmar, A., 2011. Stop and search in London: counter-terrorist or counter-productive?.Policing and society,21(4), pp.369-382.