The Metropolitan Police has introduced “refined tactics” in the use of Section 44 stop and search powers under the Terrorism Act 2000.

The capital’s police authority has launched a new educational DVD explaining how the police use stop and search powers.

London’s Metropolitan Police Authority believes the introduction of new ‘stop and question’ counter-terrorism powers would set back community-police relations 30 years according to chairman Len Duvall.

Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman has questioned the value of counter-terrorism stop and search powers.