Shaun Bailey said the call for wider use of stop and search powers on young people made this week by Keith Jarrett, outgoing president of the National Black Police Association, was not the way to solve gun and knife crime.
Bailey, who is also the Conservative Party's chosen candidate for Hammersmith & Fulham, said wider use of stop and search would alienate young black men. "This will put extra pressure on young black men. Stop and search is valuable but has to be used in an appropriate manner," he said.
Jarrett's comments came as the government responded to the Home Affairs Committee's report Young Black People and the Criminal Justice System. The report found young black people were six times more likely to be stopped and searched than young white people.
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