Members of Lambeth Youth Council, aged between 13 and 21, are working on a video to educate police on how they should conduct stop and search, a police procedure that has courted controversy over its disproportionate use with ethnic minorities.
As well as filming locals' opinions, film students from Southwark College and members of the youth council have been given permission to film officers in patrol cars.
In March this year, youth council member Jerry Yawe told a parliamentary youth hearing on community cohesion that Lambeth police officers had insufficient experience of dealing with multicultural groups.
Amarjit Chanion, youth council development manager at Lambeth Council, said the video will ask police officers to maintain respect, courtesy and offer clear explanations for stop and search, but will also inform young people of their rights.
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