article_snippet: Last month, Home Secretary Theresa May announced plans to change the law regarding stop and search powers if police do not halt the 'excessive and inappropriate' use of police.
article_snippet: Home Secretary Theresa May (pictured) announced plans last month to change the law regarding stop and search powers if police do not halt using police in an 'excessive and inappropriate' manner .
article_snippet: Home Secretary Theresa May warned officers that Home Secretary Theresa May wanted to see a dramatic improvement in figures, which recently revealed that only one in every 10 of the searches ends in arrest.
article_snippet: Stop and search has been frequently blamed for inflaming tensions between the public and the police.
article_snippet: A recent report by the police watchdog found that more than a quarter of police stop and searches were 'unlawful' and risked promoting 'major disorder'.
article_snippet: May Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary said that, in 27 per cent of cases, police failed to show police had reasonable grounds to carry out the search.