A new approach, rubberstamped at a police authority meeting yesterday (12 January), will see a more "intelligence-led and targeted" approach with a view to making more arrests and seizing more weapons.
The tactic has long been controversial, with concerns consistently raised that black or Asian boys are more likely to be stopped than their white counterparts.
In 2010 the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said a number of police forces may be breaching the law by disproportionate use of stop and search powers on black and minority ethnic (BME) young people.
Commander Tony Eastaugh, who will be overseeing the Met Police’s new approach, said: "Stop and search is an important policing tactic and a deterrent to crime.
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