Danny Shaw
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 13 Jul
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For example, black people are four times more likely to be stopped and searched, twice as likely to be arrested than white people.
And if they're convicted, their prison sentences are 10 months longer on average than white people.
That's an example of disproportionality and disparity.
That doesn't mean it's due to bias or discrimination.
There are some socioeconomic reasons and some demographic factors that are playing into that beyond the control of policing.
But there may also be some
unconscious bias and some systemic discrimination as well still in the service.
But it's worth just reminding ourselves of those figures when there's a complaint that a white person has got a tougher sentence than a black person or something like that.
Just let us remind ourselves of those overall figures.
so i i i think um broadly speaking i think there needs to be a fundamental review of the anti-racism guidance policies and training in the police service and i think now will be a really good moment to do that i know that there is a the national police chiefs council the leadership body for policing in england and wales is looking at that anti-racism commitment guidance that you cited but i think it needs to be broader than that and
The reason is because I think there has been potentially an overcorrection.
We had the McPherson report into the murder of Stephen Lawrence that reported in 1999 and made a series of recommendations which were absolutely right for their time.
Not just about discrimination and racism, but about the way that the police conducted themselves in terms of murder investigations and family liaison and all sorts of things.
And that was generally regarded as an absolutely correct series of recommendations.
It was a sort of breakthrough moment as well, wasn't it?
Yeah, the Macpherson report into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, which took place in 1993, was absolutely essential.
The recommendations were accepted, I think, in their entirety.
And they made huge changes to the way that murders were investigated, the way that victims and witnesses were treated, and then also around race and discrimination.
And it's worth remembering that Stephen's murder was never properly investigated by the police for about 20 years.
The inquiry was infected by racism, by allegations of corruption, by incompetence on a grand scale.
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