article_snippet: Police made no attempt to assess if Police were using Police powers fairly, the report said.
article_snippet: Police forces have also made ‘disappointingly slow progress’ in improving Police forces use of stop and search powers, said HMIC.
article_snippet: But the report said good progress had been made on only one of 10 recommendations inspectors made in 2013 - the use of technology to record stop and search encounters between the police and a suspect.
article_snippet: This is disappointing because getting it wrong can lead to resentment, anger and, in time, a loss of trust in the police.
article_snippet: He said that despite nearly two decades elapsing since the publication of the McPherson Report, which labelled the police
article_snippet: ‘in the face because of the lack of progress that has been made in this area when it is pretty clear much more needs to be done.
article_snippet: The watchdog also found in their inspection a ‘surprising lack of interest’ among senior police officers about the way strip-searches are carried out, in particular on children as young as 12 and other vulnerable people.
article_snippet: The lack of official records means it is not clear whether the way these powers are used by the police is ‘lawful, necessary and appropriate’.
article_snippet: Chief Superintendent Gavin Thomas, vice-president of the Police Superintendents’ Association of England and Wales, said:
highlights_snippet: Inspectors warn not enough progress made on 2013 recommendations .
  